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1: Augmented Genesis (edited)
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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??? woke up on filthy wet brick. They are in a sewer.
2:23 PM
"...Gaaaah." I push myself up from the ground and take a few moments to process my surroundings. "Where... am I?"
2:26 PM
Taking a few slow steps around, I yell out to the air. "Hello? Is anyone thereβ€½" (edited)
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"Are you finally up?" A playful voice responded.
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"Hey! Who's that?" (edited)
3:14 PM
I continue to stand there. "Where are you?"
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A dog-like creature appeared. "Did you seriously forget me again?"
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I look into the creature. "What are you talking about? Who... what are you?" (edited)
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"I am Ehn!" It's face produced a smile.
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"Ehn... wait, that doesn't mean anything! What are you physically? Your..... uh, species?" (edited)
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"I am Ehn!"
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I frown. "Why are we here? How do you know me?"
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"Of course!" Ehn hopped up onto ???'s shoulder, but they didn't feel any weight from the creature.
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I turn my head in the direction of Ehn feeling dazed. "What?"
3:46 PM
"You're not... real, are you?"
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"What are you talking about, Jay?" Ehn hopped off his shoulder and floated in front of him. "I'm magic, remember?"
3:50 PM
I wrack my brain. "No. I don't remember."
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"Consider it a nickname." She replied. "But you seriously don't remember? Anything?"
3:53 PM
"Feels like yesterday was pretty noteworthy to me."
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"......"
3:56 PM
"Remember anything?" My face turns to a grimace. "I... what? Why am I drawing such a blank?" (edited)
3:56 PM
"How could I.forget?!"
Ehn/PC pinned a message to this channel. 5/28/2022 3:57 PM
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"That's annoying... Well, I'll skip the details for now."
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"Skip the details? Can't you just tell me why I'm here? What happened to me?" (edited)
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"Yeah, that part's probably important. You were being chased by these guys with guns, and then I guess you hit your head? Anyway, those guys with guns are still after you, so you better be careful."
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"Guns? I was being chased down?" (edited)
4:05 PM
"Then how am I in here? This looks like... a sewer. doesn't it?"
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"We'll figure out that part later. Do you at least remember the ability I gave you?"
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"Ugh. Fine, I'll figure this out." Ehn leapt through the ceiling, and vanished.
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"Wait! Come back!"
4:20 PM
I stare at the ceiling. "....Ugh!" (edited)
4:25 PM
I gaze at my surroundings again. Just a two-way corridor of water?
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Yeah.
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I start to run forwards.
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In the direction of the current or against the current.
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Against the current.
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The sewers came to a 4 way split.
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As I come to a set of four open paths, I enter the corridor on the left.
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??? begins to hear footsteps from the right corridor.
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I spin around in that direction and attempt to perceive any visible figure. (edited)
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There are 3 men in white suits holding weapons.
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I let out a gasp under my breath and silently turn back, then continue to run.
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The sewer split off into 3 directions.
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I continue forward.
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The directions are left, right, and back.
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A metal gate blocked the path further in.
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"Damn it," I mutter before turning back again and running for the left unexplored path. (edited)
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The white suited people are at the intersection now.
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I hold my breath and slowly try to creep back to the gate.
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The gate is locked from the other side.
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I try to reach through the gate and grab on to the other side.
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Locked.
5:56 PM
It needs a key.
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Glancing back, I shuffle through any pockets for anything on my possession.
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??? realizes they are completely nude and have never possessed anything this entire time.
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I reflect on how extremely inconvenient this is.
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A semi-transparent woman in a wheelchair appeared down beyond the gate.
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I bang onto the gate and speak a relatively hushed "Hey! Can you help me?".
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The men in white suits hear the banging, and head towards the gate.
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I raise my voice. "Come on! I'm going to die!"
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The lady does not move.
6:19 PM
The suited men aim their guns at ???.
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I yell at them knowing they're going to shoot me to death. "Don't shoot! I have no idea what's happening!" (edited)
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"Arms behind your head." One of them speaks up.
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I move my arms to the back of my head.
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"On your knees."
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I get on my knees.
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The wheelchair lady appears behind the suited men.
6:39 PM
"W-who's that?"
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"Huh?" The guy talking turned around. "Are you messing with us?"
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"Don't you see her at all? The woman in the wheelchair."
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"The what?"
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I feel tempted to point at her. "Her!"
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As ???'s temptation manifests, the woman points to herself.
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"What? You... hey! What?"
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I choose to desire to strangle her mostly out of spite. (edited)
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She does this, to no affect.
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"Is she taunting me?"
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"Who are you talking about?"
7:14 PM
"Gaah. I must be going insane."
7:16 PM
More actively clutching the back of my head, I choose to desire to slap the man closest to the back on the face out of an active desire to test her. (edited)
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The man was slapped in the face, and fell back to the side. The other 2 men in suits turned around and attempted to fire at the invisible assailant. It all went through her.
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"I... you... really? She just did that?"
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"Where is she!?"
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I choose to want to grab on to and pick up the remaining two.
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The woman in the wheelchair tries, but is too weak to do the latter.
7:36 PM
I then choose to want to pull one of them onto my lap and hold them down.
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The man breaks free.
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"Isn't she weak for such a strong slap?"
7:39 PM
I choose to want to slap another one (the guy who wasn't talking).
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The guy who was slapped is still conscious by the way.
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I continue to want this(to the guy who wasn't talking or slapped earlier)
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The girl is slapping people.
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"...wow."
7:51 PM
I want to physically restrain them with handcuffs or rope or something.
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This doesn't happen.
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"Haha! You can't even try that, can you?"
8:00 PM
"This shouldn't be so hard for you, though it would be for me." I want to force somebody's gun into my hands and shoot at them.
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The woman in the wheelchair struggled with the gun, before killing one of the white suited men.
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I look at the others. "Can you still not see her?"
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One of them holds a gun up to ???'s head.
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I want to jerk their hand away and then shoot them.
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Another one dead. The last guy runs away.
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I slowly get to my feet. "Uh... thanks?" (edited)
8:21 PM
I want to place the gun down on the floor.
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The gun is placed onto the floor.
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I pick up the gun.
8:27 PM
"Are you actually alive? Do you really just want to mess with me?"
8:27 PM
I attempt to grab the woman's left hand.
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It connects.
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"This can't be normal. You're see-through, aren't you?"
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No response.
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I give her a funny look and then crouch down, searching the bodies for anything they have left on them.
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Clothes and guns. That's it, really.
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"There isn't much on them."
9:02 PM
"Not even a phone or anything? What's with them?"
9:03 PM
"They're all well-dressed. They must be part of a group or something."
9:05 PM
I look down and for the first time make the necessary observation of my external genitalia.
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There is nothing there.
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"Um, okay."
9:06 PM
I undress one of the corpses and dress myself in turn.
9:09 PM
"That's better." I then look at the woman again and want to present any objects that may be on me concealed from view. (edited)
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The woman shows nothing.
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"Not surprising."
9:11 PM
"Can you stand? You're in a wheelchair, but... that doesn't mean I know you can't stand."
9:11 PM
I want to stand.
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This fails.
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"So we're really both crippled in different ways, huh?" (edited)
9:22 PM
"There's still that gate in the way, but the other path is free. Time to go...?"
9:24 PM
I want to start continuously following behind whoever next starts walking and walk through to the unexplored corridor. (edited)
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The person in the wheelchair follows.
9:26 PM
The path wraps all the way around to the other side of the gate, as well as 2 other paths.
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"Why even install this here? It's like it's just meant to inconvenience me."
9:32 PM
I glance at the other two paths. "How big can a sewer system be? I don't want to starve to death." (edited)
9:34 PM
"Those men... they came from there, earlier. They must have came down here somehow, just like I must have."
9:38 PM
I walk back to the intersection and quickly backtrack through to the split I reached before that.
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There are bloody footprints leading down the path opposite ???.
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I look down at them. "...Could that be the one who ran away? A trail out?"
9:47 PM
"I don't think they were bleeding, though, and it's on their shoes, so if it was them maybe they stepped on one of the corpses?" (edited)
9:48 PM
"Anyway, I don't want to get in any more trouble like that, but there shouldn't be a problem dealing with anything now. Though... maybe I should've gave the other gun to her." (edited)
9:49 PM
I think for a moment. "Do I really want to? She would be able to shoot me at any moment while my back is turned if she wanted to. She may have saved my life, but she's still been antagonistic all the same." (edited)
9:51 PM
I stand there for a few more seconds and then start running in the direction of the footprints.
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There's a ladder within the wall of the sewer that leads upwards,
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I smile. "That was easy."
10:00 PM
"Wait, can you... get up there? Not being able to use your legs would make it hard to climb up, wouldn't it? I don't know if it's impossible, but your wheelchair definitely can't climb." (edited)
10:01 PM
"But it was like you teleported before. You just appeared out of thin air."
10:03 PM
"I'll just see how it goes after I get up." I climb up the ladder.
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??? breathed in outside air for what felt like the first time in a long time.
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I breathe a slight sigh of relief at the same time.
10:05 PM
After a few seconds, I look around at where I actually am.
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I breathe a slight sigh of relief at the same time.
10:05 PM
After a few seconds, I look around at where I actually am.
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It's the middle of a bustling city street.
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I take a few steps around and fully take in the surroundings, and then want to teleport up to the street at the top of the ladder.
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The woman in the wheelchair is following you.
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"....Huh."
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Ehn reappeared. "Oh, you made it out already."
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"Oh, it's you. That's right."
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"And you figured out your ability, too."
10:17 PM
The woman in the wheelchair vanished.
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"My ability? Do y... ah!"
10:18 PM
"That woman's been, well... something of a rival to me. But what did you just do to her?" (edited)
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"Nothing. I have no control over your ability once I grant it."
10:23 PM
"You should probably get somewhere safe for the night, though."
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"Somewhere safe? How? I don't even know where I am." (edited)
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"This is Avengard." Ehn began to walk towards an alleyway.
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"That doesn't tell me anything! I don't know where to find anywhere here!"
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"Follow me for now!"
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"Fine!" I follow Ehn.
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Ehn just stopped in front of a large trash unit and jumped in. "This should work for tonight, right?"
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"Really?"
10:34 PM
"Maybe that's normal for you, but you look like a dog. Is there no more comfortable option?" (edited)
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"For someone who wants to complain, you don't seem to know your way around the city either..." Ehn grumbled like a child.
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"That's not my fault!"
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"Well it's not mine either, is it?"
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"Don't you at least know why I was being chased? You should know a lot more about the situation than me." (edited)
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"Answers will come at a later time. I kinda got myself into trouble. I'll see you tomorrow," Ehn prepared to leave.
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"Oh! I almost forgot!"
10:46 PM
"You see, every time I give someone an ability, it's supposed to be a deal situation. You give me something, I give you something. A trade, you know?" Ehn looked directly into ???'s eyes. "So, let me pose the favor you owe me before I forget."
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"What? I give you something?"
10:47 PM
I look back at him and scoff. "Go ahead. What is it?"
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"I want you to live." Ehn then turned around and walked off.
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"......"
10:49 PM
"Thanks? I was planning on it, but, uh, I appreciate the boost."
10:51 PM
I look at the trash unit. "Maybe I shouldn't complain, but... gahh."
10:54 PM
"I'm homeless, aren't I? I don't even have any money. Nowhere I know to go, nothing I know to do."
10:57 PM
"And that ability... is she really the ability? The wheelchair-bound woman?"
11:03 PM
"Why in a wheelchair? Maybe I shouldn't complain there either, but is there no better option there? It doesn't seem necessary as a handicap." (edited)
11:04 PM
"Could I somehow create something better? Change their form?"
11:05 PM
I attempt to use my mind to manifest a non-handicapped woman otherwise like the one in a wheelchair.
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Nothing happens.
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"I must have some... well, ability. Ehn said they didn't have any control over my ability after they granted it. But she just suddenly disappeared. Shouldn't I be able to will her back into existing or something?"
11:24 PM
"I'll figure it out, not that it matters now. What can I delay for? I'll just have to resign my Fate to sleeping in there."
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"......Gwaah. Just accept that. There's nothing to be done about it. Or... if I'm going to deal with this memory loss, surely I should at least, well, refresh myself on the world? It shouldn't take too long to find out some basics."
11:40 PM
I look back at the street. "Yeah." I then step back out there.
11:42 PM
Further taking in the area, I scan my immediate surroundings for anything evidently noteworthy as far as information goes. Newspaper stands, signs, libraries, et cetera. (edited)
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((Roll))
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??? spots a newspaper stand.
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"Aha." I walk up to the newspaper stand and pick up a random newspaper, observing the front page.
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Pause.
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((@??? hi))
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It’s a newspaper.
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I read the date and articles. (edited)
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It sure is a date that exists. The articles all have clickbaity headlines, but none of them seem to actually be that interesting.
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"Better than nothing...?"
2:59 PM
I frown. There's not anything in particular I actually need to know about the world. I won't learn anything about my situation from some news about actors and animals.
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"And there's nobody to tell..." I look at the alleyway again and wrack my empty brain. "Jobless."
3:09 PM
I walk back to the trash unit. "I suppose that's fitting for me."
3:11 PM
"If there was anything important to that group, they could send reinforcements eventually. Is this safe? Ehn seemed to believe it was."
3:12 PM
"Staying indoors anywhere would be just as unsafe. I have no idea who they are, and for all I know they could easily find out if I tried to stay with anyone else. I'm not in a position for doubt. There." (edited)
3:18 PM
I stand there blankly for a few more minutes. "Now's as good of a time as any." I then properly climb inside the trash unit, close my eyes and try to take a rest.
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??? just can’t seem to get comfortable in the trash.
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"Uuugh."
3:46 PM
I stand up and pull myself out back to the ground. "I can't deal with this. It's not going to work."
3:49 PM
"Come on. They're probably nothing. Anywhere else will probably have better security."
3:55 PM
"Where else do people stay? Hotels, vehicles, shelters, abandoned houses, parks... benches?"
3:57 PM
"Beaches?" I semi-randomly start pulling out some trash from the unit and digging through for anything salvageable. (edited)
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((Roll))
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Nothing.
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"Gah." I hold up my hand and look at the gun. "It'll be fine." (edited)
4:28 PM
I step back out to the street again and carefully look around at the buildings and architecture. Annywhere nearby one could sleep at more even than trash? (edited)
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((I don’t understand this sentence))
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((even as in like, flat. or just comfortable))
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((Roll))
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Every building looks the same.
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"..." I enter a random one of the identical buildings. (edited)
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Locked.
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"Really?" I look between my gun and the bustling pedestrians around. "Uh..."
5:07 PM
Walking around, I attempt to enter 5 more of the buildings. (edited)
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??? is not able to enter 5 buildings at once.
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I attempt to enter another random building, and then, four more INDIVIDUAL times or until I get in to one, go to a building which I hadn't tried before and attempt to enter it. (edited)
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??? entered a restaurant by the name of 'Subway'. ??? has no idea what kind of restaurant this is, but the signs are for sandwiches.
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I observe the sitting and ordering areas. How many customers are inside? (edited)
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It’s very late, so it’s really only the worker at the counter.
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I walk up to the worker. "Hello? Can you help me? I'm... homeless."
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"Sorry, corporate doesn’t like hobos in here."
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"Listen. I'm not just a normal hobo. I'm an amnesiac." (edited)
5:31 PM
"I have no idea where anywhere is. Is there anything you can do?"
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"Just go to a hospital."
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"...I have no idea where a hospital is."
5:33 PM
I hold up my gun hand. "..."
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"D-Don't shoot!"
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"Help me. I need somewhere to stay. Now."
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"I don’t know what you want to do!"
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"I want to sleep!"
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"You can stay at my apartment for tonight! Is that what you want?"
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He tossed a bundle of keys at ???.
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"Great!"
5:50 PM
"Well... I still don't know where your apartment is. Will you be leaving soon?"
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"In like... 2 hours?"
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"Hmph. Get me a sandwich."
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"Okay, what sandwich would you like?"
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"Um... a cheese sandwich? I don't know, you can choose."
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"No that's... This is a Subway. You make the sandwich." They pointed up at the menu.
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"You're the worker. You make the sandwich. I know that's how it works."
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"No, you don't... They groaned. "Just pick a sandwich type, let's start simple."
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"Um... normal?" (edited)
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"Just bread, then?"
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"What kind of 'sandwich' has nothing inside?"
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"Just LOOK at the menu, and PICK something!" He once again pointed to the menu.
6:27 PM
((For clarification, he's pointing at the big signs on the wall))
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I sigh. "That one? The Steak & Cheese?"
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"Okay, now. What kind of bread would you like?"
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"Again, normal? White?"
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"It's the middle of the night shift." He pointed to the various condiments, anything from cheese and lettuce to sauces. "Pick one."
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"What? Why are you pointing to the..." I look down at the layers of glass and options for a few moments. "Italian bread. Is that what you want?"
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"Condiments."
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I look annoyed. "Tomato."
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He places tomatoes on the steak and cheese with Italian bread, before wrapping it up at the cash register. "Cash or credit?"
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"I don't have money."
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"What? No, you have to pay for the food. There’s no money in that fancy suit of yours? Really?"
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"None. You can look if you want. This suit was the only option I had."
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"I can’t give you the sandwich if you don’t pay."
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"I can't pay."
7:17 PM
I hold up the gun again and look at the sandwich. "What else would you even do with it?"
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"Then I cant give you the sandwich."
7:18 PM
"Wait! Don’t shoot me!"
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"Just let me have the sandwich. This is enough trouble already."
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They give ??? the sandwich.
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I smile and wordlessly take a seat.
7:23 PM
Going out of my way to enjoy it slowly while reflecting on my situation, I eat the sandwich.
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Tastes like shit.
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After fully consuming the sandwich, I loudly retch. "Psschargh! That sucked!" (edited)
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"You made the sandwich!"
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"You made the sandwich! I just ordered, and I was not the one who made the bread or any of the other ingredients. If Subway can't be bothered to produce ingredients of actual quality, no amount of "making the sandwich" will make it good."
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"Subway just ordered the ingredients, same as you! You chose how it was combined, I didn’t do anything!"
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"So what? I should be able to trust a company like this to order from the right places! I chose one of their given options and simply selected reasonable condiments and bread!" (edited)
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"Maybe your tastes just suck!"
7:39 PM
For note, the problem with the taste of the sandwich was that it was too much. Like when you pour a shit ton of salt on something that should be salty to the point where it just becomes vomit inducing.
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"Maybe you just suck!"
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"You made the sandwich! If it sucks, that’s on you!"
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"I did not."
7:42 PM
I cough. "I, uh... what's your name?"
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((Goddammit you’re forcing me to name this guy))
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This guy says their name.
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"I...... see. What time is it now?"
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As they ask this, it finally hits midnight. (edited)
8:29 PM
Chapter over.
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2: Advent Guards
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Avengard / unknown
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Two people in white suits entered the subway, and sat down at a table.
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I whisper to the employee. "Forget that. These people have the same suits as the people who almost killed me." (edited)
2:34 PM
"Do you have a weapon?"
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"Wh-What???" The worker stared in confusion.
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"When I woke up with no memories, I was already being pursued by them. There were three of them, and one got away. You get it now?"
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"No!?!?"
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"...I woke up in a sewer, and I was being chased by three men wearing white suits. They cornered me. With some help, I was able to escape, but one of them survived and fled from the scene." (edited)
2:45 PM
"That's all I know."
2:47 PM
"They had guns, so again, do you have a weapon?"
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"I’m a liberal!"
2:50 PM
"You have a knife, don't you?"
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"You have a gun though?"
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"Can a guy with a gun stop two guys with guns?"
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"And you think a knife will close that gap?"
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"Come out from there, sneak up on them and we'll both attack at once with the advantage of surprise. You'll close the lid to this coffin the very moment you let up." (edited)
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"I’m not getting myself killed!"
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"You don't have any other option. Do you think you would be safe in a gunfight?" (edited)
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They run towards a door at the back of the store.
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I just run after them. (edited)
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There is a counter in the way.
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I jump the counter.
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((Roll))
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??? doesn’t make it over the counter.
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"Gah." I look back at the men in white and examine their behaviour. Are they talking to themselves, silently eating food from somewhere else, staring at me? (edited)
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They’re just sitting there.
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"I really should've grabbed that other gun."
3:37 PM
I hold my gun up and then attempt to sneak behind one of them and simultaneously grab them in a chokehold with my free arm and shoot the other one of them with the gun in my other hand.
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((Roll))
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The 2 aim their guns at ??? as they approach.
3:46 PM
I elect to turn and run for the restroom. (edited)
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((Roll))
3:50 PM
((the dice bot apparently wants to give me a countdown)) (edited)
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??? still makes it, but the suited people are close behind.
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I immediately slam the door shut to the best of my ability and stand in front of it holding my gun forward, waiting to pull the trigger as soon as one of them shifts it open or appears in front of me. (edited)
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The first one slammed the door open in return.
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I pull the trigger to shoot them.
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((Roll))
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It hits the wall.
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I pull the trigger four more times.
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((Roll))
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((Roll 3 more times))
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((14, 2, 14))
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Two of the shots hit the target on each of their sides, and they fall back outside the door. The other suited person shut the door quickly.
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I shoot once at the door. (edited)
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((Roll))
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Nothing.
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I pause for a moment and look around the bathroom. Does it seem like it would be possible to pull off the toilet tank lid?
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Why would it not be
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((it could be taped in place))
4:44 PM
I attempt to pick up the lid and hold on to it as a shield. (edited)
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This happens.
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With my shield and gun, I go to kick open/down the door and immediately shoot five more times at any enemies I notice to lock on to or otherwise just around the area. (edited)
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The gun is empty.
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((I hope i didn’t miscount bullets and give you an extra one….))
5:00 PM
((It is not unlimited))
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((I deserve it))
5:00 PM
I instead place my ear against the door and attempt to listen for their activity(presuming I noticed the gun being empty before I tried to do that because I'm not THAT stupid). (edited)
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??? doesn't hear anything.
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I step back and reluctantly slam open the door and look around, still wielding my gun and shield. (edited)
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There is another guy in a suit still there. Their suit is stained red with the blood of their fallen comrade who lies on the floor.
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I approach the man and point the gun towards him. "Who are you?"
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"You just shot 6 times." They aim at ???.
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I kick at them. (edited)
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They fell backwards from being kicked.
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I quickly try to loot the corpse for its own gun. (edited)
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???'s got the gun.
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I lean over the living person and hold my two guns against his head, dropping the shield. "What were you saying?" (edited)
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"…" The person in the suit stared back at ???.
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"And again... who are you?" (edited)
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"…"
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"…"
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I hit him with the empty gun.
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((Roll))
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It misses. They attempt to pull you down with your arm.
8:09 PM
This fails.
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I throw the empty gun to the side and try to force his gun into my now-empty hand. (edited)
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((Roll))
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They keep the gun. (edited)
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"Are we going to be here all day?"
8:50 PM
I literally just slap them.
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Sean Niebel 6/11/2022 8:55 PM
((good job))
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((lijscfs. 1))
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You trip and fall flat on your face.
8:58 PM
They get up and run away.
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I just stare at the ceiling for ten more seconds.
9:03 PM
"???"
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It's a familiar... ceiling... Is a thing you don't think to yourself because it isn't true.
9:07 PM
I then push myself up and take another second to regain my bearings. "Gah!"
9:10 PM
"Somehow letting one run away freely again like that? What was that?" (edited)
9:12 PM
My gaze fixes on the door past the counter. I slowly pace around the counter and try to find a way through that doesn't require jumping or climbing.
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Sean Niebel 6/12/2022 12:36 AM
((is the session OVER YET))
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((No))
2:00 PM
((Roll investigation))
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??? discovers a device designed to be opened to get behind the counter.
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I open the device (assuming it's easily openable and isn't locked) and enter the door that the employee fled through earlier.
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It’s a cramped storage room, but the employee isn’t visible. ((Roll again))
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No sign of the guy.
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"Helloo? Where are you?"
2:32 PM
I look around the storage room for any other exits or doors to rooms.
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There are no other exits.
2:33 PM
I swivel around to a random box or something and shoot it. (edited)
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((Roll))
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??? shoots open a container of sauce, causing the employee to scream.
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"Hey!" I both shoot towards and run towards the voice.
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((Roll))
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Sean Niebel 6/18/2022 3:08 PM
((poor employee, jesus))
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They’re shot in the leg and let out another yell from pain.
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"What are you doing here?"
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??? suddenly gets the urge to leave. "Trying not to get shot!" They cry out.
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"What?" I look back-and-forth between him and the exit. "Bring me to your apartment now." (edited)
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"You shot me!"
3:16 PM
??? feels the sudden desire to enter the room he is currently in.
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"Why am I... ???" (edited)
3:17 PM
"I, uh..." I attempt to willingly choose to desire to walk up to and open up a box in this room, as before.
3:19 PM
I then focus on the employee and hold the gun forwards with renewed effort. "You ran away!" (edited)
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The woman in the wheelchair appeared, and opened a box.
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"You left me to die! Both of you!" (edited)
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"I don’t even know you!"
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"You know as much as I do about me!"
3:22 PM
"Do you want me to shoot you again?"
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"No!"
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"I will say a sentence from earlier again. Bring me to your apartment now."
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"I can’t walk! You shot me!"
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"Prove it!"
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"What!?"
3:34 PM
??? feels the urge to grab something.
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I instead look at the woman in confusion for another moment, and then turn back. (edited)
3:35 PM
"You haven't tried walking. You don't know you can't."
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((This is the employee))
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((I know))
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"Look at me!" They pointed at their leg.
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"So what?"
3:47 PM
"You have two legs. Walk with one if you need to." (edited)
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"Can you at least patch it up first so I don’t bleed out?"
3:55 PM
??? feels the sudden desire to play Rock Paper Scissors.
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"Um, with what? Paper?"
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"Well, I dunno, you of all people should know."
4:01 PM
"I'm an amnesiac. Why would I be an expert on patching up bodies?" (edited)
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"Well, I dunno… Just…" They gestured vaguely. (edited)
4:02 PM
I choose to want to lean down and hold up the shot leg of the employee. (edited)
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The lady in the wheelchair bent her back forward and held up the employee's leg.
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"See? You can use it perfectly."
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"Wh-What the hell?????"
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"What's the problem?" (edited)
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"I’m not moving it!"
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"You're in denial."
4:09 PM
"It doesn't matter who's moving it, anyway. It moves, so you can move it."
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"????" They recreate a sound that produces this effect.
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I exaggeratedly push my gun forwards further. "Stand." (edited)
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He tried to rise to his feet, but had difficulty because his leg was stuck in the air.
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I groan and want to release his leg and let it drop to the floor.
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She let the leg go.
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"Now stand."
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They fail to stand.
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"Come on."
4:22 PM
"You know what?" I step to the side and want to stand in front of the employee, where I just was but closer to them. "Climb up on the space in front of you, in the direction I was just standing, like there's something there." (edited)
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The lady moves there. The employee tries to climb up on there, but goes straight through.
4:30 PM
I choose to want to, in succession, walk directly inside of the employee, grab their hands, and hold those hands against my lap. (edited)
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She grabbed his hands doing the thing described.
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"Can you yank your hands down? I want to do something." (edited)
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"I’m trying!"
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"You can't do that? How weak are you?" (edited)
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"I’m bleeding out!" (edited)
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"Your hand isn't."
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4:45 PM
"What do you expect me to do? Isn't there something here that can get you to stand up, or... make you stop 'bleeding out'?" (edited)
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"Cant i just give you the address so you can leave me alone?"
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"I don't know where any address is."
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"Look it up?"
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"'Look it up'? How?"
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"The internet!"
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"What's the internet?"
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"Wh-?"
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"...Huh?"
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"I’m not explaining this, just go away."
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"I don’t know how I’d even explain this."
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"It can't be that complicated."
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"It’s like a thing that has all of the knowledge people put on it."
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"So... a book?"
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"Like a full library of them. Like… A sandwich, where every topping is a book."
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"Edible?"
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"No, because the bread is s computer."
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"A... 'computer'... topped with books?" (edited)
5:43 PM
"Even if it helps me, I have no idea where to find the internet either." (edited)
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"Uh just… Just walk out of this building, walk for 5 kilometres straight, and it’ll be on your left."
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"Are you sure? 5 kilometres straight which way?" (edited)
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"Towards your right."
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"I just need to find the right book when I arrive?"
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"Basically, sure."
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"Fantastic."
6:19 PM
"Bye." I exit through the exit, choosing to want to follow the person walking with the gun.
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((Roll to determine which direction))
6:21 PM
The old lady is following them.
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((I don't know what this means but 19))
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((By the person with a gun you mean your attacker right))
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((I mean myself(I have a gun)))
6:23 PM
((the thought consciously spoken in my inner monologue IS simply wanting to "follow the person walking with the gun" though. like genie wishes)) (edited)
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Sean Niebel 6/18/2022 6:29 PM
((I'm very confused))
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((Yeah))
6:30 PM
((There is no one to follow))
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((It's just like ))
I want to start continuously following behind whoever next starts walking and walk through to the unexplored corridor.
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((OH))
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ANYWAY once I walk out, I use the device to leave the counter and leave the shop, turn to my right and start to run what I estimate is around 5 kilometres straight (looking left frequently for any sign of the "internet"), assuming this is all uninterrupted. (edited)
6:44 PM
((Avengard using kilometres for distance...))
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??? realizes he has no idea how far a kilometre is.
6:45 PM
Now if it were miles, this would be much easier for him.
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"Gahh. I should've noticed that." (edited)
6:46 PM
I eventually decide to settle for estimating that 1 km is about 1 mile and then just start my run anyway for 5 miles. (edited)
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??? is in front of an apartment building.
7:08 PM
Someone exits.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / hav-and-unknown
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((Hi))
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((hi(I was busy for like 20 minutes sorry))) (edited)
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((Could I type my message first if that's okay))
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((yeah))
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[inner monologue, don't read until after a good while] I take note of the person in a white suit whose face is completely obscured (with the exception of eyes) by bandages who is standing outside the hotel. What a strange appearance for a person to have. I suppose it makes sense, as appearance is generally irrelevant, and making your appearance indecipherable changes very little beyond preventing society's standards from being applied to you. However, it could be said to backfire as well. One who makes themselves appear in such an indecipherable manner will naturally attract even more attention than the average person, being examined and criticized for their desire to be different by disregarding a meaningless sense of individuality. There's a simple way to explain this. Let's imagine you have two different species of fishβ€”one brown, and one gray. A trout and a salmon. Both can be eaten, and both taste like fish. The tastes are distinct to anyone experienced with fish, however, would anything really change if they looked identical? I doubt it. People would barely notice that the two are actually different types of fish. Humans are the same. Take away our flesh, muscles, organs, and everything else, and we are left as simple skeletons. This is what happens to a corpse. Everything disappears, degrading into nothingness. Underneath it all, we're impossible to tell apart. You cannot determine a person's identity by their skeleton. A person's "true form" is one that removes all of their individuality. This person in front of me is embracing that. Very respectable. However, I have no time to dawdle over them. ((The fish store is east and the pet store is west I'm deciding that now hopefully that is fine lmao)) I ignore the mysterious person and attempt to walk past them, heading to the west. (edited)
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I glance at them momentarily and walk inside the apartment building.
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((#hav-kerloe I guess))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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??? is in the lobby of an apartment building.
7:35 PM
((Gonna pause you here))
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((GOOD progress))
7:36 PM
((hey wait how did I get to an apartment buildi (edited)
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((What))
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((I mean I was both supposed to be going for the internet AND walked for 3 more kilometres, pretty strong coincidence to end up at an actual apartment building anyway(even if not the correct one...))) (edited)
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Sean Niebel 6/18/2022 7:44 PM
((I think you're underestimating the concentration of apartment buildings in places like this))
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((perhaps))
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A girl and an old man walked out of a door labelled "staircase". ((This isn't a sign the session is resuming))
7:32 PM
((Tiermaker updated))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / lelouch-and-unknown
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"That looks like a lightened plastic slab."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:12 PM
"It's a phone."
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"Come on, Lelouch. You have school. Whoever this hobo is, they’re gonna slow you down."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:12 PM
"Well I really do have to get to school now. I have my daily mission that I must fulfill!"
2:13 PM
Lelouch πŸ‘‹s and leaves.
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I yell at her. "Wait!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:13 PM
((sorry its taking me like 20 seconds to send each message 😒))
2:14 PM
Lelouch ignores him lmao any Sophie fans in the chat.
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I look at the old man. "I need the internet. How does she have it?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:14 PM
As Lelouch is Leaving she Twitters while walking.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / lelouch-and-unknown
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"Or can y..." I suddenly look like I've realised something unfortunate. "Can you tell me where the apartment for these keys are?" I hold up the bundle of keys.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:19 PM
Lelouch continues looking at her phone. "The first digit/digits are the floor number and the rest are the room numbers. Evens on the right odds on the left." (edited)
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"What digits?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:19 PM
((assuming it goes over 10 floors))
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I look at the keys for any digits.
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"Alright, I’m sure your charity is welcome." Gus motioned to the door.
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I look at the keys for any digits.
There are indeed numbers.
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On how many keys, and do they seem to fit with the scheme? (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:20 PM
Lelouch GOES to the DOOR from Advehnt Guard.
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((ratio))
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On how many keys, and do they seem to fit with the scheme? (edited)
Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:21 PM
"On the. It's on the one key the other keys don't matter." Lelouch is confused.
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((this is a question to Atmey not spoken...)) (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:23 PM
((oh))
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I point a gun in my other hand at her. "I'm looking." (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:25 PM
Lelouch probably doesn't notice this because she's facing the opposite direction I believe. Also on her phone.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / lelouch-and-unknown
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The old man aimed a gun back at ???. "Put that down now, or those wounds will feel like nothing in a minute."
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I break away to look at him. "What wounds?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:26 PM
"?" Lelouch looks at Gus.
2:27 PM
"W-woah what's the need for the guns?" Lelouch DOESN'T put her hands up because why would she need to do that. To shoot her would be rather rude. (edited)
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"Lelouch, get behind me." He spoke completely calmly.
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I swivel the gun to him and shoot once. (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:27 PM
She does this yup.
2:28 PM
Lelouch yelps ????? /
2:29 PM
((does/where does the bullet hit?))
2:31 PM
((madakoes got the gun))
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((Roll))
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It missed. In the next second, Gus’s bullet struck ???'s shoulder.
2:41 PM
"Run, Lelouch."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:41 PM
Lelouch runs lmao
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I do the Manfred von Karma scream.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 2:45 PM
((for his neutral special ??? wields a gun))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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"Of all places, you really had to come here?"
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"I know nothing about you!"
2:51 PM
"I thought this would lead to the internet! Why are you getting in my way?"
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"You just tried to shoot her."
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"I never tried to shoot her." (edited)
2:54 PM
"I held my gun in her direction. I never pulled the trigger aiming at her."
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"You’re an odd one. But I’m not in the business of caring about your eccentricities. Who told you about this building?"
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I say the Subway employee's name. "They told me the internet was 5 kilometres away. I went 5 miles, which I assumed was about the same distance." (edited)
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"Are you fucking with me?"
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / hav-lelouch-unknown
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The Old Man is pointing a gun at ???. ???'s is bleeding from their shoulder. Hav and Lelouch both run in.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:05 PM
Lelouch runs behind ??? and fucking. wacks him with the metal pipe.
3:06 PM
"That's what you get you motherfucker!!!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam
Lelouch runs behind ??? and fucking. wacks him with the metal pipe.
Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:06 PM
((assuming i have to roll (13)))
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"Lelouch, I told you to go."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:10 PM
"Not without you! I won't leave without you!"
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He smiled in an almost sarcastic manner. "I can handle myself."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:13 PM
"I'm not risking that!"
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((what is the result of being wacked with a metal pipe))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:14 PM
Lelouch continues trying to hit ??? with the metal pipe btw
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:14 PM
((can i spam roll))
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??? is unconscious at this point. ((I kind of assumed Pichuis would do something.)) (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:15 PM
Lelouch hits him a couple of more times anyways until she realizes
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[inner monologue] Huh. What's going on? I should get out of here soon. This doesn't seem safe. More importantly, the fish need to be fed. The old man is here. What's he doing? If my theory from before that he is a police officer of some sort holds true, then that must mean that bandaged, white suit person is a criminal. The old man has shot them in the shoulder, which seems painful. It's... honestly disturbing. That beautiful bandaged person is a symbol of acceptance, and desecrating that perfect form with a gunshot is a horrible thing to do. At least have the decency to kill them in a single shot. I feel tempted to intervene, and help the bandaged person. However, I immediately realize that I cannot do this. These three and their altercation are like three fish in one of my fish tanks. They are beyond me. Whatever the result, it doesn't matter. Just because one of them knows the truth of their existence doesn't mean they are any less separate from the rest of the world. There are infinite tanks, with infinite fish. I will stay in my own. There are no other fish in my tank, and I absolutely cannot let this change, no matter what desires may come. I ignore whatever is happening and attempt to walk towards the door in the lobby that leads to the stairs. ((For note, I am currently carrying five cans of an unspecified item, balancing them stacked on top of each other. This is important.))
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((I mean I was waiting for you to give the result for the first hit,)) (edited)
3:15 PM
((like I could DODGE I guess but that felt redundant here(and it was from behind I'm hardly that good))) (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 3:18 PM
((idk what the Situation is but)) Lelouch drops the metal pipe. "Th-thank god that's over with. Are you okay, Gus?"
3:18 PM
Lelouch ignores the guy with five cans??????
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((Separate channels again))
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(( #hav-kerloe ))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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??? finally regained consciousness.
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I observe my surroundings. (edited)
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It is indeed exactly the same. (edited)
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???'s shoulder is bleeding.
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((yeah))
3:52 PM
((Do I still have the keys and gun in my hands(or were they lying around/underneath me)) (edited)
3:53 PM
I push myself up and slowly get to my feet. "...Gaaaah. This... pain."
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??? has everything he had on him before except for the gun and also the bullets from that gun.
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I look down at the keys, jangling them in confusion, and then look back up and shout aloud. "Hello? Is someone here?" (edited)
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No one is there.
4:05 PM
??? suddenly gets a headache.
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I put my free hand up to my head. "This... hurts. I need it to stop."
4:16 PM
I trudge around to search the area for any clues and in case there are any medical supplies or anything in that vein.
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((Roll))
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??? has absolutely no idea where anything in this room is.
4:29 PM
"Where am I? Where is anyone? How do I get out?"
4:30 PM
I bang my fists on the floor. "Help!"
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Hav entered from the stairs.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / hav-and-unknown
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I run up to the person. "Help! Who are you? Where am I?" (edited)
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((??? is still bleeding))
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[inner monologue] I'm caught off-guard by the familiar figure's interjection. I don't have a choice here, do I? They need help. Last time, I neglected to provide any, but this time I will not make the same mistake. This is how interaction should be, isn't it? I have no idea who this person is. They have no idea who I am. This is only natural, because the fact that we'd typically think of as "who we are" is irrelevant. They are in danger, and I am the only thing that can help them stay alive. I can provide an avenue for them to continue existing. Normally, I wouldn't care about this, but this person's existence has clear inherent value. Because of this, I decide that I will interact. "Calm down. What's wrong?"
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"I'm bleeding!"
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[inner monologue] Is that the only problem? If so, I'm a bit disappointed. This is easily fixable, and my presence is unnecessary. Is this person new to the city of Avengard? They asked where they were, so presumably that is the case. If so, what are they doing here? How did they end up being shot by that old man, Gus? There are a lot of questions, and I feel as if several of them can be resolved, but it's difficult to focus with this person in front of me. I should get rid of them. Having someone like this walk throughout the streets can only be a good thing, anyway. "There's a hospital nearby, go there."
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"Where?"
4:53 PM
"I don't know where anything is!"
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[inner monologue] I have no idea where the nearest hospital is, and I don't know how I would find out. I should send this person in some direction and hope to not run into them again. That seems like the easiest method for getting rid of them. There's no problem here, their pain is irrelevant. Compared to the taste of fish food, being shot in the shoulder is nothing. "Go two blocks north and three blocks east."
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"How do I get out?"
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[inner monologue] What. "...The door?"
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"I don't know where the door is!"
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I point to the door that leads outside. "It's the glass thing with a handle right there. What do you mean?"
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I look in that direction and try to perceive any door.
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There is a door there.
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"There!"
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I nod.
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I run out.
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(( #hav-kerloe ))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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I attempt to quickly follow the directions two blocks north and three blocks east, clutching my shoulder.
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A man in a shirt with a large 9 ran past ??? and yelled "Fuck you!" at them, before vanishing down an alleyway.
5:09 PM
I stare at the alleyway for a few seconds and then hesitantly but entirely non-reluctantly continue following the directions.
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??? arrived at a big white building with the word hospital on it.
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"Hospital? That's it!"
5:13 PM
I run inside the building.
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??? entered the hospital.
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I look around inside the hospital.
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There’s someone at the front "Goodness sir, are you hurt?"
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"Ah, sir don’t worry about it." A person in a white suit quieted the receptionist. "This is my brother, real prankster he is. Come on, bro." The white-suited person wrapped their arm around ???'s shoulders as they very awkwardly spoke these painful words.
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"Ow. What?" I'm confused. "Whose brother?"
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"You. My brother. Let’s not make this any more confusing, come on." ???'s self-proclaimed brother attempted to drag him out of the hospital.
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"Hey!" I attempt to resist. "I don't know who you are! I'm bleeding!"
5:43 PM
I run to the receptionist. "Help me!"
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((Roll))
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??? broke free.
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"This is the hospital! They're supposed to help me there!"
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The white suited figure held a rag onto ???'s mouth suddenly.
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I hit out at them.
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((Roll and also explain what this means))
5:57 PM
((Also roll a second time))
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((like, just slap them basically))
6:03 PM
((17 and 13))
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The person is slapped hard, but remains conscious. On the other hand, ??? begins to lose consciousness.
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I try to jerk out the rag in my last conscious moments.
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((Roll))
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??? loses consciousness.
6:11 PM
((Shouldn’t take too long))
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??? awoke tied up in the back of a truck.
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I shuffle around dully, slowly waking up and coming to my senses.
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A teenage girl is shoved into the back next to ???, also tied up.
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"What happened to me? Where am I?" (edited)
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She was not awake.
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I try to roll onto her.
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Another teenage girl, Lelouch Maoziwam, is thrown in the back now. Also unconscious. (edited)
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I try this again with the other girl and shout. "Hey! Wake up!" (edited)
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((Roll))
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??? feels the sudden urge to throw something.
8:21 PM
??? feels the sudden urge to throw something.
8:21 PM
((Wait no I skipped some))
8:21 PM
??? feels the sudden urge to explain something.
8:21 PM
??? feels the sudden urge to steal someone's banking information.
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Ehn/PC
??? feels the sudden urge to throw something.
Now this happens
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Ehn/PC
??? feels the sudden urge to steal someone's banking information.
((This happens to me all the time))
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??? feels the sudden urge to drop the ceiling on someone.
8:22 PM
??? feels the sudden urge to hold a door open.
8:22 PM
((These all happen not long after each other once the session unpauses))
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??? feels the sudden urge to press a lot of buttons.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / lelouch-and-unknown
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Lelouch was awoken by ???'s yells. They are both tied up in the back of a truck. Additionally a third girl of Lelouch's age is tied up.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 6:53 PM
"Owww my ears.... Wait where am I...?" Lelouch tries to move her arms, realizes she can't, and then Remember11s.
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"W... who are you?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 6:53 PM
SHIT I need to find Sophie!!
6:54 PM
((is the back of the truck pitch black?))
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???
"W... who are you?"
Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 6:55 PM
"That doesn't matter right now I just need to get out of here!!" Lelouch starts throwing her body at the man door hand hook car door. (edited)
6:55 PM
"C'mon help me!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam
((is the back of the truck pitch black?))
((There’s enough light to make out what’s going on))
πŸ‘ 1
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 6:57 PM
Lelouch suddenly has TWO realizations 1. If she want's to keep Sophie safe, it'd probably be better to pretend to be her. As long as they take Lelouch instead, she'll be okay. This could mean the same as throwing away her own life however... And if she did that she couldn't help all the other women. It then becomes a question of whose lives matter more, Sophie's or the many other women out there. 2. Holy shit this is the guy with a gun
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"But what happened to me? Why am I here?" (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 6:58 PM
"Get away from me!! Or I'll beat you again with the pipe!"
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"What??"
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The girl does nothing because she still isn’t conscious.
6:58 PM
Epic commentary from Atmey.
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"Beat me with a pipe? Why???"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 6:59 PM
"You're the one who shot Gus!! What's wrong with you why would you do that??"
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"When? I don't know who that is!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:00 PM
Is this not the same guy?? No, I've never seen anyone that looks quite like them...
7:00 PM
"You're the one who was asking about going to the internet!"
7:00 PM
"Don't act like you don't remember."
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"Internet? What's the internet?"
7:01 PM
I search through my head. "I... don't remember."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:01 PM
"How could you forget!"
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"I don't know!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:03 PM
"You know what? Whatever! I'm just going to get myself out of here, tell Sophie to get the hell away from these men, and continue living my life as the Enjoyer of Happy Women."
7:03 PM
Lelouch notices UNNAMED UNCONCSIOUS GIRL. "I guess I'll take her with me as well. You can stay in here for all I care as long as you stay away from me and Gus!"
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"I didn't do anything!"
7:04 PM
"How would you take her with you?" (edited)
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"Sam escaped. Just send these back." This voice could be heard from outside.
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"How would you take her with you?" (edited)
Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:05 PM
"I'll figure out away to cut this rope(?) of course."
7:05 PM
Sam? That names sound familiar but I can't quite place it...
7:05 PM
Please send us back please send us back
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"...'Send us back'?"
7:06 PM
"Where are we going back to?"
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The truck began to move.
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"Where are we going back to?"
Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:06 PM
"I'd hope back home."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:07 PM
"Well they didn't actually get me from home, but if they're saying 'back' then I'd assume it's back where they found us."
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"I don't know where 'they' found me." I wrack my head harder. "I... I'm drawing a blank. I don't know anything." (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:09 PM
"How could you possibly not know that?"
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"I still don't know!" (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:10 PM
"Then try harder!"
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"I'm trying as hard as I can!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:11 PM
"Ugh! Just get me out of hereee"
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"How did you get here? Don't you remember?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:14 PM
"I got picked up in the middle of the street πŸ˜• " (edited)
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"Who did it?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:15 PM
"It was two men. White suits."
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"Then why did they pick you up?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:17 PM
"...They thought I was someone else." Yeah... in this case it'd be better for me to go home than hope they think I'm Sophie. Yeah.
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The girl screamed suddenly. "Wh-Where am I?"
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"I don't know."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:19 PM
"We're stuck in the back of a truck. Are you okay? Need help with anything? I'm here if you need anything that doesn't involve using my arms considering that I'm a bit tied up currently. πŸ’œ "
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"Who are you?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:22 PM
"I'm Lelouch Maoziwam. And you are?" There's no reason to hide my name. Worst case scenario the men find out who I am and hold me for ransom and honestly WHO cares about money I need to go home.
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"I’m, uh- I’m… I’m not sure?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:24 PM
"Oh no! Are you feeling alright? You didn't bump your head or anything, did you?"
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I watch the two blankly.
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"My head feels fine..."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:34 PM
"Oh, that's a relief!"
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"Why am I tied up?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:42 PM
"I'm not sure, sorry."
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"Can you let me out?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:46 PM
"Uhhh I'm kind of stuck here too, sorry." Lelouch tries to motion to how she's tied up but it's kind of hard to do considering that she is tied up.
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"Someone call for help!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:53 PM
"Okay!! Uhhh help!! Somebody help!!!!" Lelouch shouts somewhat hesitantly.
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"HELP!!!!!!" I attempt to outdo her.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:55 PM
"Oh yeah?? HEEEEELPPPP ❗ ❗"
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"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP‼️‼️"
7:56 PM
I cough repeatedly.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:57 PM
"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ "
7:57 PM
Lelouch smirks and DOESN'T cough.
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I lean in and whisper to her. "Help."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 7:59 PM
Lelouch kicks ???.
8:00 PM
"Don't whisper at me you weirdo!!"
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"How am I a 'weirdo'⁉️" (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 8:03 PM
"LITERALLY shot my butler AND was asking me where the internet is."
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((Pause for quote: "like an hour"))
πŸ‘ 2
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 10:20 PM
((are we still paused or did the other pcs stop))
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((The PC you were waiting on just never showed up again))
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((Lelouch and ??? are cancelled forever))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 6/25/2022 10:25 PM
((repost with #SAVELELOUCH???MOO to save them))
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"Help!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:01 PM
((is this the girl saying it?))
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((Yes))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:03 PM
β€œDon’t worry, I’ll get us out of here!”
3:03 PM
Lelouch tries to check if she still has her phone on her.
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She does not.
3:10 PM
(( @??? In case he's offline))
3:12 PM
The side of the truck blew open, as a crowbar cut clean through them.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:13 PM
β€œ!!?!” Lelouch says this and tries to duck behind ??? to avoid getting hit.
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Holding the crowbar was a teenager Lelouch would recognize from his eyepatch, wearing a batman costume. Behind him was Shawn Duveldt wearing a ripoff TMNT costume that looked like some kind of bug.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / lelouch-shawn-unknown
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I try to pull Lelouch in front of me as a shield.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:16 PM
((i’m going to cry))
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"...Who are you?"
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I try to pull Lelouch in front of me as a shield.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:17 PM
Lelouch does this to ??? first just saying.
3:17 PM
Grapple contest,
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"Aha! So the villain's allies are finally revealed!" Guy in a batman suit.
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"What?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:18 PM
β€œWait a second is that…? Hold on, help me out please Kite!”
3:18 PM
β€œThese dudes kidnapped me thinking I was Sophie! I need to go make sure she’s okay!”
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((Rei can you check DMs on your other account quickly))
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"I'm not an ally to any villain. I was thrown back here."
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:18 PM
Beetle is deeply confused and terrified
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Lelouch Maoziwam
β€œWait a second is that…? Hold on, help me out please Kite!”
"Ahaha... Wow, how do you know my name so quickly!" Guy in a Batman suit.
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I look like I'm vaguely distracted by something.
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"?????" The girl who is also here.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:19 PM
"Okay. Wait"
3:19 PM
"Which one of you is the bad guy"
3:20 PM
"Uh, there's no bad guy here. Look for someone at the driver's seat." (edited)
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"Ahaha... Wow, how do you know my name so quickly!" Guy in a Batman suit.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:20 PM
β€œHow could I not? You are THE Kite.” Lelouch tries to flatter him so she can fuckign leave.
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"Can you help me?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:20 PM
β€œMe first πŸ₯Ί β€œ
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:21 PM
β€œIs that Lelouch?”
3:21 PM
he says to Kite
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:21 PM
β€œALSO this guy here is also a bad guy.” Lelouch gestures her head towards ???.
3:21 PM
β€œHe LITERALLY shot at my butler.”
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"I am just one of many Kites! A name very often given to cool and awesome dudes." He used the crowbar to somehow cut the girl free. "Ladies first, am I right, bro?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:22 PM
β€œSo true.”
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:22 PM
β€œKite, get her out of here and find out who’s in the driver seat. I’ll take care of these two”
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"Hey! Get me out!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:22 PM
Lelouch’s respect for Kite raises a bit even if men are still inferior.
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"Hey! Get me out!"
Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:22 PM
β€œWho are you???”
3:22 PM
β€œWhat’s with the bandages?”
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:23 PM
β€œA bad guy!! He’s a bad guy!”
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"Bandages? What bandages??"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:23 PM
diz.gif
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"I'm... I don't know. Does it matter?"
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"The hero's the one who's supposed to free the princess, bro. I'll beat up (the villain of masquerade V) later." Kite freed ???.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:23 PM
β€œOh come on!”
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I dive out of the truck.
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"You're evil. I only save good people!"
3:24 PM
??? is immediately shot at.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:24 PM
Lelouch sissgasps.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:24 PM
"WHAT"
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"Ghhdgsghshwhata"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:24 PM
((lmao))
3:25 PM
β€œNevermind I’ll stay in here πŸ‘ β€œ
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:25 PM
Beetle scans the area for the girl that Kite freed
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"Gargh! What the fuck?" (edited)
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The girl is still in the truck.
3:26 PM
Several men in white suits with large guns are coming out of an identical truck right behind this one.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:26 PM
"Kite, should we free lelouch? I know shes evil and everything but like. seems like we could use the help rn"
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I pull myself up back inside the truck. (edited)
3:27 PM
"Shouldn't you stop those people?"
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"No way! She probably brought these guys if anything!" Kite stepped out of the truck. "Come on, bro! You're my shield here!"
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"Kite, should we free lelouch? I know shes evil and everything but like. seems like we could use the help rn"
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:27 PM
β€œThanks Shawn but I’m perfectly fine in here !! As long as they don’t shoot.”
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:28 PM
"Okay. Cool. Someone untie her tho."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:28 PM
She hides behind ??? again.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:28 PM
Beetle steps out of the truck
3:28 PM
Hes quivering
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:28 PM
β€œ πŸ‘‹ β€œ
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I stay as far back in the truck as I can.
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"Alright! It's time for the hero to show off! Who wants to come at me first!" Kite. "You... Are you an idiot? Look around. You're severely outnumbered and outgunned." White suit guy.
3:31 PM
"Who the hell do you think I am!? I'd never lose to someone just 'cause they brought a lot of their friends. I've got a ton of friends too, you know? Tell 'em, bro!" Kite. (edited)
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:32 PM
"There's no need to say anything. Let's just let our fists do the talking" Beetle stole that line from a corny b movie he would never admit to watching
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:32 PM
((bee movie))
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"Hell yeah!" Kite charged into the line of men with guns, and broke clean through one of their weapons with his crowbar, not even breaking a sweat. "That the best you got?" In response, they began opening fire.
πŸ‘ 1
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:34 PM
Beetle did an x-pose with his arms, covering his face, and charged with him (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:34 PM
Lelouch sinks further into the back of the truck because WHO knows where those bullets are going
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I stare at the conflict as best as I can see it.
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The girl laid down next to Lelouch, covering her ears.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:35 PM
β€œ 😳 β€œ
3:35 PM
((top 10 most romantic scenes now including GUNS from ADVEHNT GUNAURD))
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Kite quickly ducked behind Beetle. The bullets fired either broke through the truck, or hit Shawn. Those that hit Shawn simply shattered upon impact, making no dent against the cheap plastic of his costume.
3:36 PM
"Didn't I tell you!? I'm a hero of justice, you goons!" Kite. (edited)
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:37 PM
((lmao))
3:38 PM
Shawn fully expected to either be dead or wake up right about now
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:38 PM
β€œJenejenwwinwjsnruhekw”
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"What."
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((Oh yeah, ??? has to roll))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:38 PM
β€œGo Shawn!! πŸ₯³β€
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"Who the hell's Shawn!? That's my bro, Beetle!" Kite.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:38 PM
"Kite, focus"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:39 PM
β€œSorry! He’s just so cool like Shawn from real life yup.”
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??? is hit in the side.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:39 PM
shethinksimcool
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:39 PM
Man, Kite’s surprisingly good at not breaking character.
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I try to forcibly hold Lelouch in front of me again.
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Kite's crowbar swiped clean through several guns at once. "How's that!? You getting frightened by my sheer power yet!? Me and my bro are way too overleveled for you chumps to stop us!"
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I try to forcibly hold Lelouch in front of me again.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:41 PM
Lelouch fights against this.
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((Both of you roll))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:41 PM
((4))
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:41 PM
Shawn dashes towards the goons and tries to punch one in the stomach
3:42 PM
((nat 20 baby))
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Lelouch is used as a shield. The girl quickly attempts to untie her.
3:43 PM
Somehow, despite Shawn's lower than average strength, the man he punched flew back and hit his head against the metal truck.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:43 PM
Lelouch moves her head backwards in an attempt to hit ??? while making sure that Girl A doesn’t get hurt.
3:43 PM
β€œGet away from behind me you creep!”
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:43 PM
Shawn picked up that mans gun by the barrel and starts using it as a baseball bat
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"Hell yeah, bro! Give me a turn!" Kite swung the crowbar towards a man's head, who just barely dodged.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:44 PM
"Dont kill them!"
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"Why should I?" I say this to Lelouch, maintaining my grip. (edited)
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"It's just a little crowbar to the head!" Several of the men in white suits turned and ran.
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"Why should I?" I say this to Lelouch, maintaining my grip. (edited)
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:45 PM
β€œYou need to stay within my eyesight at all times! I don’t trust you one bit!”
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"Why should I?" I say this to Lelouch, maintaining my grip. (edited)
"I did nothing!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:46 PM
β€œSure, tell Gus that.”
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:46 PM
Shawn debates if he should chase them or not, but reasons that saving the hostages is more important right now"
3:46 PM
"And dont come back!"
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β€œSure, tell Gus that.”
"I would."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:46 PM
β€œ?”
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Lelouch is now untied. "Are you alright?" The girl.
3:48 PM
"Wooooo!" Kite. "I'm on top of the world! You seeing me, bro!?" Kite lightly planted his foot onto the guy Shawn had knocked out, as if to look like he'd beaten them.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:49 PM
"Hell yeah, man!"
3:50 PM
Shawn walks quickly back to the truck to see whatever the fuck is going on there
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There are still a few men in white suits.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:50 PM
Oh okay
3:51 PM
3:51 PM
"You want more?"
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There are some more guys coming from down the street.
3:52 PM
"Damn, there are tons of these guys! Are these part of your evil secret society, Lelouch?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:52 PM
"Do any of you know how to drive?"
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Lelouch is now untied. "Are you alright?" The girl.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:52 PM
β€œI’m fine now thanks to you πŸ’œ You’re the best!”
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"Damn, there are tons of these guys! Are these part of your evil secret society, Lelouch?"
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:53 PM
β€œI don’t have a secret society???”
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Shawn Duveldt
"Do any of you know how to drive?"
"I know how to drive life, you get me?" Kite.
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β€œI don’t have a secret society???”
"Liar!" Kite.
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Shawn Duveldt
"Do any of you know how to drive?"
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:53 PM
β€œI do!” Probably.
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"Do you really have a secret society? Can I be part of it?" The girl.
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"Do you know them, Lelouch?"
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"Do you really have a secret society? Can I be part of it?" The girl.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:54 PM
β€œHell yeah! πŸ’œ β€œ
3:54 PM
God I love life.
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"Being part of the secret society is bad! It's literally evil!" Kite. "You're supposed to fight them!"
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"Do you know them, Lelouch?"
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:54 PM
β€œWouldn’t you like to know bandage boy.”
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:55 PM
"As cool as all this secret society evil people whatever junk is, we are literally being shot at right now"
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"What are you talking about? What bandage?" (edited)
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:55 PM
"Why am i the only one worried about this. im the only person who doesnt have to worry"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:55 PM
Lelouch just kinda looks at ??? in confusion
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I feel my face for any bandages there.
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Just feels like your normal skin.
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I look down at my arms.
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Just your normal skin.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:56 PM
β€œβ€¦β€
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Shawn Duveldt
"Why am i the only one worried about this. im the only person who doesnt have to worry"
"I never worry about anything! Because nothing can touch the stars, you know!?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:57 PM
Shawn wants to be pissed but he cant deny the facts
3:58 PM
"Just get someone to the drivers seat. I'll hold off these guys"
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"Ms. Lelouch, you said you could drive!" The Girl.
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"She said her last name is Maoziwam."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 3:59 PM
"Yeah, of course! πŸ’œ " Lelouch goes to the drivers seat and checks to see if the keys are still in there.
3:59 PM
HOPEFULLY no one is in the drivers seat
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 3:59 PM
Is the car parked or is it just stopped in the middle of the street (edited)
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The truck is stopped in the middle of the street. The driver's seat is empty.
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"She said her last name is Maoziwam."
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:00 PM
"STFU we're on a first name basis now!" Lelouch yells this.
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The girl sat in the passenger's seat with Lelouch.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:00 PM
"Okay everyone get in! Next stop uhhhhh the police!!"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:00 PM
"Kite! Help me drag this white suit guy into the car"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:00 PM
"Unless you'd like to go somewhere else..." Lelouch says this to Girl.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:01 PM
"Not the bandage one, the other one. the one we knocked out"
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"No way! We're not running now, bro!" Kite. "I've gotta beat these villains!"
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I slowly walk out and get in a back seat of the car.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:01 PM
((its a truck))
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Trucks are cars. (edited)
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:01 PM
((train i'm afraid))
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"Wherever you want, Ms. Lelouch." The girl.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:02 PM
I yell to lelouch "You should be safe there for a sec. Wait for us!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:02 PM
"A-alright?"
4:02 PM
"Since when have I started listening to men omfg"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:02 PM
How many more goons are there
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"Stop flirting, you're both girls!" Kite broke another guy's gun.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:02 PM
((nNnnansnesnjenNSJSNSJWM))
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:03 PM
((mist man behavior))
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There is like an endless stream of them, more keep coming.
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Ehn/PC
"Stop flirting, you're both girls!" Kite broke another guy's gun.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:03 PM
"Okay we're leaving."
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:03 PM
"Kite, we need to get the fuck out of here"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:03 PM
Lelouch hits that gas pedal so hard fr
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"No way, bro!" Kite.
4:04 PM
The truck does not move.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:04 PM
"Oh HELL no"
4:04 PM
"Shawn we got a problem!"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:04 PM
Shawn cant hear
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"WHO'S SHAWN!?" Kite.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:04 PM
Lelouch can't stand
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"Ms. Lelouch, what do we do?" The Girl.
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"???"
⭐ 4
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:05 PM
"Fucking@ BEETLE we got a problem"
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I feel unsafe.
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Ehn/PC pinned a message to this channel. 7/2/2022 4:05 PM
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For note, there is an alleyway right next to the truck.
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Ehn/PC
"Ms. Lelouch, what do we do?" The Girl.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:05 PM
"Uhhhhhh IDK ❗ run into the alleyway!"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:05 PM
Shawn hears the all caps yell of beetle but also is too worried about Kite to go after them
4:06 PM
"Kite, if we stay here, we're going to die"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:06 PM
"Stay in front of me so I know you're safe!"
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The girl grabs Lelouch's hand, and runs into the alleyway.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:06 PM
" ☺️ " Lelouch feels much more calmed down hyeah
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:06 PM
((no epic car chase scene... tragic))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:06 PM
((ikr))
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I run after them.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / lelouch-and-unknown
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((Back to here))
4:07 PM
They are now in an alleyway.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:08 PM
((Does Lelouch have any idea of where they're at))
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"What happened to that truck?"
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Lelouch Maoziwam
((Does Lelouch have any idea of where they're at))
((Roll))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:10 PM
((14))
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???
"What happened to that truck?"
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:10 PM
"Wouldn't start for some reason."
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This is near one of the bridges to leave Avengard. Lelouch can recognize her way home from here.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:11 PM
"Wait HOLD up would you mine taking a few more steps back. You're getting in the way of a real good bonding moment here."
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"Uh, okay." The girl took a few steps back.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:11 PM
"Oh! I know the way to my place from here." Lelouch starts directing them to AG Hotel.
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Ehn/PC
"Uh, okay." The girl took a few steps back.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:11 PM
"No not you of course! I meant that guy!" Lelouch gestures to ???
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"What bonding moment?"
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((It is not a hotel))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:12 PM
((wtf i thought you said that before))
4:12 PM
AG apartment
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The girl followed.
4:13 PM
There are several men in white suits running behind them now.
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I follow quickly.
4:14 PM
"Hurry!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:14 PM
"Shit!" Lelouch tries to maneuver her way around different Large Objects while running to create mini walls between them and the men. (edited)
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((Both of you roll))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:19 PM
((6))
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All 3 are caught by those in white suits.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:27 PM
Lelouch starts kicking at them. "Let! Us! Go!"
4:27 PM
She also tries to bite their arm #girlboss
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I punch one of them.
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The girl follows Lelouch’s example.
4:28 PM
((Roll))
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:29 PM
((8))
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The girl broke free, and also broke Lelouch free with her.
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"Help me!"
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Ehn/PC
The girl broke free, and also broke Lelouch free with her.
Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:32 PM
"Th-thanks!"
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A loud explosion rings out from where the trucks were.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:33 PM
Lelouch looks towards ??? and hesitates for a moment. "Ugh what am I doing! This man could've killed me earlier!" She says to herself. "We gotta go!" Lelouch grabs the girl's hand and starts running towards AG Apartment again. (edited)
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"What? Stop! Help!"
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Lelouch Maoziwam 7/2/2022 4:34 PM
Lelouch doesn't look back. This is for her safety...
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I hit at the men in white again(?). (edited)
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((Channel split))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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??? is still restrained.
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"Gah! Get off of me!"
4:40 PM
I yell out. "HELP!"
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The old lady appears and does this.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / shawn-and-unknown
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??? is being restrained by 2 men in white suits. Kite and Shawn run into the alleyway.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:43 PM
"Unhand that guy!"
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They held a gun up to ???'s head. "Get closer and we shoot them."
4:44 PM
"I'll get as close as I want to!" Kite.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:44 PM
"Kite, hold up"
4:45 PM
((??? confirmed they/them))
4:46 PM
Shawn holds up his gun/baseball bat
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"Put the gun down, or we shoot." White suit.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:48 PM
Shawn lowered the gun a bit, but didnt put it down. "Are you okay?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:48 PM
"Where are the other two"
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"The other two?" I don't know!"
4:49 PM
"They ran to Lelouch's place!" (edited)
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:50 PM
Shawn turns to kite "what do we do?"
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"We fight!"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:50 PM
"Dude, we cant risk this guys life"
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Ehn's voice came from near ???. "Jay, use your ability!"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:52 PM
"Jay?"
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / shawn-and-unknown
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"Wh... what?"
4:52 PM
"Who was that?"
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"Come on, again!? Just use it!" Ehn. (edited)
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"Ehn? You know this guy?" Kite.
4:53 PM
"Who are you talking to?" White suit.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 4:55 PM
"what is happening" (edited)
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"I don't know."
4:57 PM
"Who's talking?"
4:58 PM
"They said I'm Jay? I have an ability?"
4:59 PM
"I..." I attempt to grab the gun of one of the white men being held up to me, pull it away and whack it into the other man. (edited)
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Without ??? even touching the guns, they mimic this action.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:00 PM
"Woah!"
5:01 PM
"Kite, now's our chance!"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:02 PM
Shawn runs in and hits the man holding the gun with his gun
5:02 PM
8
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It misses.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:02 PM
how
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I try to use the gun in the man's possession again to shoot the other man in the white suit. (edited)
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He is shot.
5:04 PM
"Great job!"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:05 PM
Shawn takes another swing, this time in close proximity
5:05 PM
15
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He’s hit, but it doesn’t knock him out or anything.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:07 PM
"Kite, help out"
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"Of course I’m helping, bro!" Kite kicked the guy in the head.
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I now try to just shoot the guy holding the gun with his own gun. (edited)
5:10 PM
"Who is she?"
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"Ehn? I dunno, really." Kite.
5:23 PM
The guy is shot.
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"I meant the woman in the wheelchair."
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:24 PM
"Who?"
5:24 PM
"also"
5:25 PM
"dont kill them. please"
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"Why not?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:25 PM
Shawn stares at him for a few seconds
5:25 PM
"I mean... killing people is bad"
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I'm confused. "What do you mean?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:26 PM
"We can discuss this later." Shawn thinks for a second "How about this. If we kill someone, we're going to get investigated for murder. But if we leave them, their secret organization or whatever is going to cover it up"
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"Won't they chase after us?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:27 PM
"Well"
5:27 PM
Shawn hits the guy in the head again
5:27 PM
"Step one is to knock them out" (edited)
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I also hit the guy's head.
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The guy is dead so he doesn’t mind this.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:28 PM
Shawn is mortified
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"Hm… I’m not sure this guys really the victim here." Kite.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:29 PM
SHawn drops the body
5:29 PM
"Lets just... lets just get out of here"
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I take the gun for myself. "Where to?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:30 PM
"Youve been shot a couple times. Are hospitals safe?"
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Ehn appeared. "I can handle this. Just follow me, Jay."
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"...Do you trust the dog?" (edited)
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:33 PM
"The dog is who gave me the suit so"
5:33 PM
"Shes probably cool"
5:33 PM
"You can pet her"
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"I'm not 'the dog', I am Ehn!"
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"Okay. I'll follow her."
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:35 PM
"Kite, we're going with"
5:39 PM
β€œSo… who are you? You’re Jay, right? Why were you in a truck with Lelouch?”
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"I... don't remember. I just woke up there."
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:40 PM
β€œSo like…You’re an amnesiac. Okay, okay”
5:41 PM
β€œI’m Shawn. Or… well, my name right now is Beetle, so call me that if anyone shows up”
5:42 PM
Shawn is still pretty visibly shaken
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"Why are you here?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:43 PM
β€œWe’re, yknow, heros of justice!”
5:43 PM
β€œFighting to save hostages from bad dudes with guns” (edited)
5:44 PM
β€œWe were in the area, so we decided to help out”
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"...How did you know we were here?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:44 PM
β€œHonestly, we were just in the alleyway next door. I heard someone call for help, so I ran to help them”
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:46 PM
β€œSo uh. Your welcome. I guess”
5:46 PM
β€œEhn, is this one of the other guys you gave powers to?”
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"Yup! Jay here’s my good friend." Ehn started leading ??? away.
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I follow.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:51 PM
β€œDo you know who he is? Can you tell us more?” Shawn tries to keep up
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"I’ll heal him first. You don’t have to follow." Ehn.
5:53 PM
"Come on bro, let’s find that villain." Kite.
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:54 PM
β€œOh.. Okay”
5:54 PM
β€œMister Jay, if you ever need help, just look for me”
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"...How?"
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Shawn Duveldt 7/2/2022 5:55 PM
Shawn walks to Kite
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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Ehn walked ??? to an apartment. ((End session))
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((You're on Saturday))
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((@??? sorry for the weird setup but could you please roll))
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((this happens(I got the number in the title of Remember11 whee))) (edited)
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??? feels the sudden urge to pick someone up. ??? feels the sudden urge to unplug computers.
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((Looks nothing like a minion))
8:07 PM
I enter the apartment.
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Ehn entered as well.
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"So... what now?"
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"They should be upstairs. Let's see, what room...?" Ehn walked up the staircase.
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"...They?" I follow.
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"Is that really what you're worried about?"
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"I'm worried about my injuries. I'm just confused about you."
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"What about me?"
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"Uh... are you real?"
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"Of course! I am Ehn!"
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"The letters e, h, and n. In that order."
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"Does that mean something?"
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"It means Ehn!"
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I agh. "That isn't helpful."
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"It's my name!"
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"Why do you know me?"
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"Could you please stop forgetting me? This is getting annoying to reexplain..." (edited)
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"...This isn't something I'm choosing, as far as I'm aware."
8:35 PM
"Does it matter?"
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"Of course it matters!"
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"I've known you for years, Jay." Ehn stopped in front of a door. "Can you knock?"
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"...Yes?"
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"Well... Do it, then."
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I hesitantly knock on the door a couple of times. (edited)
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Ariel May answered the door. Dana Craig was not far inside.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / ariel-dana-unknown
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 8:49 PM
I clutch my book close to my chest and back away from the door.
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I look at the pair curiously. "Who are you?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 8:49 PM
β€œYou don’t get to ask that!”
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"Hi? I'm Ariel, how can I help you?"
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"What? Why not?"
8:50 PM
I look back at Ehn. "Who are they?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 8:50 PM
I calm down a little and lower an eyebrow. β€œHm.”
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"Ehn? If you're here then this must be a friend right?"
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"Yup! This is Jay! They have amnesia, or something." (edited)
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"...Apparently so."
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"Come on in, I'm just making tea, do you want some tea or coffee?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 8:52 PM
I stare at Ariel in wide open live Tucker reaction face. β€œRβ€” Youβ€”?”
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"Tea or... coffee? I'll, uh, have what you're best at making."
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"They're here so they don't die. Do you still have that brush?" Ehn jumped onto the couch. (edited)
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"Oh yeah that's a thing isn't it." Ariel gets the brush out from her bag and uses it on Jay's wounds
8:56 PM
Ariel continues making herself tea and dana coffee, while starting making a new cup of tea for Jay
8:57 PM
"Ehn, can I uh, do anything for you?"
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"Well, how's the heist plan going?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 8:57 PM
I stare at Ehn. β€œAm I to assume this is… someone of yours…?” I look back at the man. β€œI’m beginning to see how you operate.”
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"I don't understand."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:00 PM
β€œIt takes a little time to recruit someone for a heist, I’m not barging in no forethought no foreplay like some kind of sucker!” I fully appreciate and remember that I’m in a room with multiple people. β€œIf I was going to do it.”
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Ariel lets out a small giggle at Dana's antics (edited)
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"Oh, you don't have to worry about Jay."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:01 PM
β€œIt’s not funny!”
9:02 PM
Deep breaths. I take a deep breath.
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Ariel maintains a smile as she goes and serves the drinks and then proceeds to sit back on the couch next to Dana
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I look at them nervously.
9:03 PM
"Is she okay?"
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She proceeds to pet Ehn
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:03 PM
β€œShe’s fine.”
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Ariel's hand goes through Ehn's body, but she(la creatura) still seems to enjoy it.
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"I was referring to you." I am referring to Dana.
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"She's perfectly normal. This is just how she acts cute."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:07 PM
Fine. Fine! The death note guy had that goth bitch track him down and made it out of that okay. I down a substantial amount of coffee in one gulp. β€œI’m great, actually. Impervious. Because I’m fully capable of already framing you both as accomplices.”
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"No need for the threats, we're all allies here!"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:08 PM
β€œThat’s the idea.”
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"So, Jay, I assume since Ehn brought you that she's given you something or other right? Could you fill us in?"
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"I have no idea."
9:10 PM
I hold my gun up. "I won't let you frame me for anything."
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"Whoa, Whoa, no need for that gun, as ehn said, we're all allies. We're here to help."
9:11 PM
"Dana, don't be rude."
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"He's a bit jumpy. By the way, if you see weirdos in white suits, probably best to avoid those guys."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:12 PM
β€œGo ahead, shoot! You afraid of a little larceny but think you can get away with murder, shit-for-brains?!” Dana is shrinking into the corner.
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"DANA DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK TO OUR GUEST THAT WAY!"
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"W-what? I wasn't afraid of anything!"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:13 PM
β€œHe’s going to kill me! U…Unheal him or something!”
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"Jay, just put the gun down..."
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"Jay, I'm so sorry about Dana. She wouldn't hurt a fly, I mean it."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:14 PM
β€œYou’re so lucky you’re nameless.”
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"Dana..." Ariel glares at Dana.
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"Dana Craig made a man kill himself." Ehn shares this fun fact.
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"Ehn, not helping."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:15 PM
β€œIn self defense!” Wait, am I trying to intimidate or be the good guy?!
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"Sorry we got off on the wrong foot Jay, put the gun away, lets talk about things."
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"How do you make a man kill himself in self-defense!?" (edited)
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"Its complicated, just chill out and we'll explain, yeah?"
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I lower my gun somewhat but steady my grip. "..."
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"Oh, I should get going. I've got a few things to get done. Don't kill each other, or anything. Murder whoever else you want if it soothes you, I don't care." Ehn left.
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"Honestly I still don't know what the point of this perfect heist thing Ehn wants us to do even is."
9:21 PM
"Who are we stealing from?"
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"I never agreed to any heist."
9:22 PM
"Why are you stealing from anywhere?"
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"I honestly don't know myself."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:23 PM
β€œAnterograde or retrograde?” I ignore the current conversation flow and stare at Jay.
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"I don't know what those words mean."
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"what"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:24 PM
β€œAre you unable to recall anything before a certain point, or are you unable to form new memories?” Dana still says this with hostility, somehow.
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"...I don't remember anything from before I woke up. I don't have any problem remembering what I said a few minutes ago."
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"The classic, makes sense."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:27 PM
β€œYou were grievously injured and taken to a hospital, where they did a less than stellar job. That makes sense. But you had to have had some method of identification on you. Is Jay your actual name?”
9:28 PM
β€œThis is just confirming things. I’d only be able to harm you if you told me your surname as well, so you can avoid that.”
9:29 PM
Another concession for β€œtrust”.
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"I was taken to a hospital? What do you mean?"
9:29 PM
"...Do you know me from something else?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:30 PM
β€œI’m making assumptions. Someone who would cover your face with bandages would have to be an incredibly strange person to not be practicing medicine.”
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"Three people mentioned bandages. I still don't know what that's talking about."
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"the things that are wrapped around your face"
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"That's skin."
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"on top of that."
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"Ehn knows if Jay is my actual name. I'd guess it is."
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"How'd you get that gun?"
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"It was from one of those 'weirdos in white suits'."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:35 PM
β€œThe mafia?”
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"Are they?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:35 PM
β€œI don’t know, it’s a guess. I think there’s a mafia.”
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It is not a secret to say that there is indeed at least 1 mafia in the city.
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:36 PM
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"I don't know who they are. They were apparently villains, and 'Kite' and 'Beetle' fought them."
9:37 PM
"A few of them tried to stop me, but we killed them."
9:38 PM
"Don't you have your own weapons?"
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"Who's 'we'?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:38 PM
β€œHim, Kite, and Beetle, I assume.”
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"Kite and Beetle? Hmm." Ariel gets her phone out and starts searching for any signs of people that use those names.
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"There was a woman in a wheelchair who appeared, too. I don't have any idea who she was."
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There are no interesting results for a 'Kite' or 'Beetle'.
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"What'd she do?"
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"Wh... what? She's here now!"
9:43 PM
I point. "See?"
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"Where?"
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"There!"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:43 PM
β€œKite…” Well, whatever. β€œI’m not going to doubt any of this because I don’t actually care. Sure. Your skin is bandages. And there’s an invisible girl in a wheelchair.” Dana, who is me, completes her shriveling into the corner and sits there. β€œDo either of you know a woman named Michelle?”
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??? is pointing at nothing.
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:44 PM
haruka
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"I don't think I've met a Michelle, no."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:45 PM
β€œOkay. Worth checking. She’s dead. I may or may not be next.”
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"Dana, what have you gotten yourself involved in now?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:46 PM
β€œI have no idea, but a policeman thinks she and I both angered the mob, and I certainly haven’t. Well, not until yesterday, maybe, but she died unrelated to that.”
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"How'd she die then?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:48 PM
I struggle to remember the words of fan favorite higurashi character. β€œI don’t think I ever learned that. I’m not sure how I would. It doesn’t feel like an incident that would be major public news.”
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"How did either of you even get here? Why did you follow the dog?"
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"Ehn is a cat, but anyway, I live here."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:49 PM
β€œEhn is very distinctly a cat.” This is the last straw in tolerating things Jay says.
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"A... cat? What are you talking about?"
9:50 PM
"It looks just like a dog, doesn't it?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:50 PM
β€œThis is the least of our concerns, it’s a fucking hologram, whatever.”
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"What's a hologram?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:51 PM
Is there a deez nuts joke here? … If there was, I’ve passed the time window. β€œA projection.”
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"Means its not really there but it just looks like it."
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"It was standing there, wasn't it? How would that make sense?"
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:52 PM
β€œActually, it did pick up the notebook independently. That can’t be it.”
9:52 PM
β€œIt’s semi-intangible, at any rate.”
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"Yeah, it did some stuff at the store too."
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"...Why do you know Ehn, then?"
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"She just showed up at work! Said a brush on the shelf would be able to fix things and then told me to go find Dana here."
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Dana Craig 7/9/2022 9:58 PM
β€œI was offered power in exchange for doing an unspecified favor in the future. The power hasn’t led to much other than being near lethally shot, but I’m working on offsetting that.”
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"I assume since you know Ehn she offered you something too?"
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I take a seat on the couch, since I've been standing until now.
10:00 PM
"Me? Ehn said I have a power, but I don't really get it."
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"What can it do?"
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"I don't know."
10:02 PM
"Make the woman do things? That's my best guess."
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β€œWho?”
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"The... wheelchair woman?"
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I sigh. "Yes."
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I laugh.
10:03 PM
β€œWell, you own a gun. That’s probably more potent.”
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"What am I supposed to be doing?"
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β€œDid Ehn just bestow this ability without asking anything of you?”
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"Maybe? I didn't hear a request like that from him."
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"So. What now?"
10:09 PM
"Don't you two have things you do? This doesn't feel like it should be the only way you spend your free time." (edited)
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β€œI work a dead end job at a convenience store. Or worked. Not clear on that part. This is the most important thing to happen in my life since… well, ever.”
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"Yeah, I work a pretty boring job too and don't really have a lot going on other than Dana over here" she gives Dana a smile
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((PC romance...))
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β€œW-What?!” I deflect. β€œAren’t you in danger, Jay? If your situation is as I’ve heard, the wisest move would be to try getting out of Avengard.”
10:15 PM
"I don't really have any idea what my situation is. Some people might have something against me?"
10:15 PM
"I'm probably better staying in here."
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β€œWell, I don’t have a perfect answer for that. It’s true that we haven’t been gunned down in here yet.” I guess I won’t get into him endangering us by his presence. Glass houses…
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"Don't you, uh, read books? Wouldn't you be bored out of your lives?"
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"I mean, yeah sometimes."
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β€œI am very bored for very long stretches, yes. But I do things recreationally, I’m not some kind of weirdo.”
10:21 PM
"Where's the kitchen?"
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"Over there" Ariel points to the kitchenette
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I get up, go to the kitchenette and look through for what food items there are. (edited)
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"Are you hungry?" Ariel gets up and fetches Jay a bag of chips from the cupboard
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"Oh. Yes."
10:23 PM
I take the bag of crisps and sit down.
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10:24 PM
Of course, I then begin slowly eating.
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"I'm sorry I don't have much here, I haven't been shopping in a while."
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((With your HANDS?!))
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((NO MEMORY OF PROPER EATING ETIQUETTE))
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((Its a bag of chips what else are you going to do))
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((Mvdy eats chips with a fork))
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((grabbing the diagram))
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((cursed))
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"Anyway uh, do you have any belongings on you that might give a clue as to who you were?"
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"I don't think so?"
10:30 PM
I look through my pockets for anything on me.
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((There is a small book listing in detail your name address and a general history of your entire life. ??? ROUTE END))
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"Oh, here." I pull out a set of keys.
10:33 PM
"Is this useful?"
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"Uh, maybe? I'm guessing you don't know what they're for." Ariel looks at them to see if there's any markings that might help identify them
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"Not at all."
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Are these like car keys or is this an old fashioned fucking πŸ—οΈ
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((hey @Ehn/PC ))
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Closer to car keys.
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((any markings?))
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"Well, is that all?"
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"It seems like it."
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There are apparently numbers on the keys, sorry I forgot.
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((Biggest twist))
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((what kind of numbers? also how many keys are there?))
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One of the keys, which looks like an apartment key, has 2 digits on it.
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((Is it the same style as the apartment keys in this building?))
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It is not.
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((what are the other keys?))
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((This is just like ace attorney 2 case 2))
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((TRUE))
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((I’m going to die))
10:54 PM
((This doesn’t matter they’re just keys.))
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((Playing mad libs with info I wrote in the past but don’t remember and a bundle of keys))
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"Not really much I can draw from this other than that you probably have an apartment, but no idea where huh."
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"Could we search around?"
10:58 PM
"It seems like it would make sense if I didn't live too far from where I woke up."
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"Dana, what do you think?"
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β€œβ€¦Fine. It might relate to what I’m caught up in. Where did you wake up?”
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"It was in a truck in a street near an alleyway. I don't have a name, but I can retrace my steps back." (edited)
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I check the time on my phone. β€œWell, I don’t exactly plan to go to work today. Lead the way.”
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It’s nearly midnight.
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"Lets go then." Ariel grabs a nice pink coat to wear
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I turn and make my way down to the entrance to the building.
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Ariel follows
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I look back and wait for Dana.
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I also follow yes
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I pull open the door and proceed to retrace my steps back to the truck area.
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They are now at the entrance of the building. It also midnight, which ends the final chapter 2, but the session isn’t over keep going.
11:17 PM
The so called truck area has been blocked off by cops.
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Uh oh.
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"Gah." (edited)
11:18 PM
"This is about where I was, at least. Do you know about any other apartments near here?"
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((Do I know anything about this place or nearby im assuming no))
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((You do not))
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"Well unless we feel like walking into every one of these buildings to try these keys, this might be a bit of a bust, but let me try something. Stay here you two."
11:22 PM
Ariel walks over to the nearest cop
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I stand there watching.
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"Hey officer, do you know what happened here? I was just on my way home so I was curious."
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"No comment at this time. Please clear away while we pursue our investigation."
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"Aww, are you sure? What's your name, sir?"
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"I have no reason to divulge that at this time."
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((She's got this))
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me when i see a confidential police investigation
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"Hey, are you sure? I can help, y'know? I have information about what happened here."
11:31 PM
"I'll contact you tomorrow to give a statement, can I get your contact number?"
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"Please speak to detective Howard Scott regarding any information you have on this case."
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What is she doing what is she doing what is she doing
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"Shall do! I'll head off back home then."
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"So dana, did you get that?"
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I reply if we’re not in earshot of anyone. β€œI know Howard Scott. He’s the man who interrogated me. Is Jay’s case the same one…?”
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"Sounds like it might be. Think you can do something? He's probably asleep right now, if he is then he'll just think its a dream."
11:35 PM
"Although we should probably head home first."
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"But... we just got here."
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β€œIf the investigation he’s involved in is ongoing, I don’t know whether he’d be up or not.”
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"Fair, lets wait a few hours, I doubt he'll pull an all-nighter, even if he's still up now."
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I look at Dana concernedly. "What were you interrogated for?"
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β€œHe thought I had something to do with Michelle’s death. He also thought I had something to do with the death of the guy I was involved in the death of, but he didn’t seem to care very much about that part.”
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"What would that have to do with me? I don't even know who Michelle is."
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β€œI’m under the impression you don’t know who anyone is, so that doesn’t mean much.”
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"That's what we need to find out, now come on, lets head home. Unless you want to wander around all the apartment buildings at midnight to try and find your one."
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"Fine. Is there no better way? Nobody we can ask about the key?"
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β€œI don’t know a locksmith.”
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"Do you know someone who does?"
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"Unfortunately no. You can crash on my couch for the night if you want, it won't be very comfortable I imagine but its somewhere to stay."
11:50 PM
I look pretty hesitant. "...Okay." By myself, I then start walking the way back. (edited)
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"Dana, could I get your phone number quickly so I can contact you?"
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β€œUm, okay.” I provide her with this.
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I pause. "Don't you... live together?"
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"Nah, she lives next door, and we only really met yesterday."
11:57 PM
"or, well, two days ago I guess."
11:59 PM
I continue.
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Ariel goes as well.
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Yeah .
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Continue to. What?
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to our apartment building. (edited)
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Okay they make it back there yup.
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woo
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I get back up to the room we were in before. "What rooms do you have here?"
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"I literally only have this room, a bathroom and my bedroom, I'm sorry, its not much. Here's the bathroom if you need it" she points at it.
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"Will the three fit?" (edited)
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"No, but dana's right next door yeah? its fine."
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"That's right."
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I exhale. β€œDo we want to do anything else tonight, or should we regroup in the morning?”
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"Try doing your thing with mr detective. He won't be able to trace it back to you, unless.... does he know or suspect? If he just moves on his own he'll think he's just tired, act that way."
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"What's 'her thing'?"
12:17 AM
"Does she... know where that detective lives? She was just interrogated by him, wasn't she?"
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β€œIt’s a trick wherein I can possess someone’s body like a ghost, remotely. They seem to be aware when it’s happening, but maybe only if they’re still conscious at the time.”
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"You can possess people?"
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β€œWell, maybe it’s overly dramatic to call it that. But I can see the world through their eyes and move their body.”
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"From anywhere?"
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β€œHoward is already suspicious of me, and he’ll be even more suspicious when he realizes I vanished from a hospital. Not to mention if he thinks I stole his radio rather than him dropping it like a dumbass. …Is it suspicion great enough that he’d ever think I can basically do magic, though? I don’t know.”
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"From anywhere?"
β€œI don’t think I’ve tried it on anyone outside of this city. I have a list of different limits and edge cases to test on my phone that I still haven’t gotten around to.”
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I think. "Can I watch you?"
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I chuckle. β€œIt’s not very interesting from an outside perspective. I just kind of sit there. …But I guess I would feel more comfortable with something adjacent to allies around.” I sit down on the couch and open up the book. β€œβ€¦Nothing ventured…” I write β€˜Howard Scott’.
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Dana loses consciousness.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / ariel-and-unknown
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I stare at the unconscious Dana for a few seconds. "Is she okay?"
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"Yeah, she did this to me earlier. She'll come back when she's ready."
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"She wrote in that book. Could I write in it too?"
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"I honestly don't know, but I'm guessing not? Ehn said they were our own powers but just manifested through the objects." (edited)
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I frown. "I haven't had an object." (edited)
12:32 AM
I grab the writing device that she presumably dropped and write in the book, below Howard Scott's name. 'Dana Craig'.
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??? loses consciousness.
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ehn-pc
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3: Artificial Gravity
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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Dana Craig(This is who you are, which feels like a completely normal and known fact) woke up where Dana Craig had fallen asleep. There's some weird guy with bandages for a face laying down next to you while holding a notebook.
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I stare at the man lying there. "Gah! Who are you?"
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No response.
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I continue to stare for about 30 seconds. "...It looks like the guy is asleep?" (edited)
8:09 PM
I then search through his body.
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It is the things pichuis from real life knows are in ???'s pockets. I don't remember exactly what
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I get up and grab a knife from the kitchenette to be used for self-defense.
8:13 PM
I lean down to the bandaged individual and hold the knife against them with one hand and slap them hard with the other. "Hey! Wake up!"
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No reaction.
8:21 PM
I put the knife on the floor and look through my own pockets. This is to see if I still have everything on me (after someone quite possibly broke into my house). (edited)
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  • wallet (contains license, credit card, approximately 42 dollars cash)
  • vape
  • pepper spray
  • keys to home
  • phone
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I pick up the knife again and prop the man up on the couch. I look around the full apartment room for something suitable to restrain him. (edited)
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There is a woman sleeping in the apartment's bed. Roll for the rest
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There is a roll of duct tape.
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I tape the man down to the coach with the duct tape.
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((Roll))
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It barely functions as a restraint.
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I look at the failure of a restraint very nervously.
8:53 PM
After a few more minutes, I walk over to the woman sleeping in the bed.
8:54 PM
I yell at her face. "Wake up!" I then slap her too.
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8:55 PM
((Pause until she's here))
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((Okay she showed up to say she is not going to be here this week. Sorry))
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((unfortunate...))
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((Sunday))
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Ariel wakes up with a yawn.
8:03 PM
((Send messages here))
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"What are you doing?"
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"Morning." Ariel.
8:05 PM
"Sleeping." Ariel.
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"You're not. You just talked."
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"What time is it?"
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"I don't know!"
8:06 PM
"Do you?"
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"I was sleeping and i'm still half asleep so technically still sleeping kinda"
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"That means you're half-awake."
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ariel attempts to find her phone
8:08 PM
"yeah"
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"Why are you here?"
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"I live here, don't I?"
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"Do you?"
8:10 PM
"...Why?"
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Ariel gets up and looks around
8:12 PM
"Yes, I live here. You live next door to me, remember?"
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"I thought this was my house."
8:13 PM
I scratch my head. "That's my mistake. My memories are a bit fuzzy."
8:13 PM
"Do you know why I'm here?"
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"Uh, you're my friend and I left you out on the couch because you were doing your mind control thing."
8:19 PM
"How'd that go? Oh, and where's Jay?"
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"Mind control thing? What mind control thing?"
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"O...kay. Lets go out into the lounge and talk for a bit."
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"I... huh. Okay."
8:24 PM
I walk out the room and take a seat in the lounge.
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Ariel gets up and walks out to the lounge.
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"So. Let me try this. What's your name?"
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"Dana Craig."
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"Okay, good. Do you remember who I am?"
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I delve into my memories and try to recall the name of the woman I'm talking to.
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Nothing.
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"...No."
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"Okay. My name's Ariel. What do you remember before waking me up?"
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"I went to sleep?"
8:37 PM
"Uh, I can't really remember more than that."
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"Okay." Pulls dana into a hug "It'll be alright. We'll sort it out. Do you remember Jay at all? Guy in a white suit over there?"
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I don't push away, but seem slightly uncomfortable. "Jay's the guy in the white suit? I don't know anything about them." (edited)
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"Good morning!" Ehn's voice was shortly followed by her strolling in through the door. "Why is... Why is Jay tied up?"
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"I tied Jay up. They broke in, didn't they?"
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shrug "Heck if I know." Ariel.
8:51 PM
"N-No???????" Ehn.
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"Why were they here?"
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"You did it? No, no, Jay was invited in last night."
8:53 PM
"Ehn, Dana appears to be having memory issues for some reason and I have no idea why."
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"Who is Jay?"
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"Uh... Dana, do you still have your notebook? The magic one?" Ehn. (edited)
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((hi))
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"I don't have a notebook."
9:06 PM
"What do you mean by 'magic'?"
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"great. Last I saw it it was here." Ariel.
9:10 PM
Ehn begins sniffing around.
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"The one in the white suit had a notebook...?"
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"Oh yeah, he used it after you and then you both passed out on the couch."
9:16 PM
"WHAT!?" Ehn. "Do not ever let them near that!"
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"Don't ignore my questions. What magic?"
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"Oh, sorry, I just thought it was worth seeing what would happen so I let them, why?" Ariel.
9:20 PM
"Jay's memory loss might uh... It might confuse them, you know? They could be halfway around the world and be absolutely sure it's the right body." Ehn.
9:22 PM
"Oh. Uh. Okay, so where is the notebook right now, dana, if they had it?" Ariel.
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"I just said the guy in the white suit had it."
9:23 PM
I point at the notebook in the bandaged man's hands.
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"Any ideas, Ehn?" Ariel.
9:39 PM
"She's right. Smells like it's under that duct tape." Ehn.
9:40 PM
Ariel peels the duct tape off enough to get at the book.
9:41 PM
"Okay, where is Jay?" Ehn.
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"What do you mean? Jay's there."
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"Ah, could they.... be in dana?" Ariel.
9:44 PM
"Do you have a mirror?" Ehn.
9:45 PM
"Yeah, just in here." Ariel points back at bedroom
9:46 PM
"Get it!" Ehn.
9:46 PM
Ariel goes and grabs her handheld mirror "What's this for?"
9:46 PM
"Okay, now look at it, Jay." Ehn.
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"Uh... what? Is it going to do something to me?"
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"Just look at it..." Ehn is exasperated at this point.
9:57 PM
((hi))
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I look at the mirror.
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It's just your normal Dana Craig face, nothing special there.
10:13 PM
"Well? Are you back, Dana?" Ehn.
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"What do you mean?"
10:15 PM
"It's me. Dana Craig. What are you expecting?"
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"...Huh." Ehn.
10:17 PM
"Well, if that's all sorted out, we should plan out this heist! That's the fun part, right?" Ehn.
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I'm somewhat taken-aback. "Heist? Why would we be planning a heist?" (edited)
10:18 PM
"I don't know how to do that."
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"Because... It's fun? You agreed, so no taking it back now. You've got the notebook, so just write down someone's name and have 'em pull it off. It'll be great!" Ehn.
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"I still don't know what you're talking about."
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"I still don't know what or where we're stealing, Ehn." Ariel.
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"...Sure, where is the heist from? I shouldn't have agreed without knowing that much."
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"Ugh... You guys are real annoying, you know that, right? Dana knows the address somewhere in there, it'll probably come back on the way. Just get started and think of someone's name. You have a neighbor here, right? Kris or something? He feels like enough of a non-character, have him do it." Ehn.
10:23 PM
"You know it! It's rattling around in your brain somewhere!" Ehn.
10:23 PM
"Seriously, what are we stealing and where from?" Ariel.
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I try to think of the address.
10:23 PM
"Can't you just tell us? You're really being difficult."
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"I honestly have no idea, it's really all Dana. But isn't it more fun that way?" Ehn.
10:24 PM
"Oh. Okay." Ariel.
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"Ariel, just give Dana the notebook and make her write out a name." Ehn.
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"I'll... try? If you want to steal from somewhere, does the exact location matter?"
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"Here. Write 'Kris Pratt'" Ariel hands it to you.
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"Kris Pratt?"
10:26 PM
"Are you testing if I can write? It seems like you're making me do a lot of nothing."
10:26 PM
I grab the notebook, but hesitate to write anything. (edited)
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"Thats one of our neighbours, just do it please." Ariel.
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"Are you gaslighting me?"
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"It'll help, trust me." Ariel.
10:29 PM
"No, I promise, I think it'll help you recover your memories." Ariel.
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"Are you... sure?"
10:31 PM
"Writing that name is going to help me? Do you swear that?"
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"80% sure, and if it doesn't then there's no harm done, right?" Ariel.
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"...Fine."
10:33 PM
I look down at the notebook. "Wait, I don't have a pen."
10:33 PM
"How do you want me to write this?"
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"As I said, I am not 100% sure, but I think it'll help, and if it doesn't then nothing bad will happen right? I promise." Ariel said this earlier but response lag and all that.
10:34 PM
The notebook has a pen in it.
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I see this and then write the name 'Kris Pratt'.
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Dana found herself in the middle of a grocery store with several bags in her hand.
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I look around. "Wh-what? What happened??"
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None of this happens. Dana is not able to control her body. She does however feel someone else control it.
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Avengard / dana-and-unknown
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I take in my surroundings, checking if I recognize this store.
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Ghhhh. Hey. Hello. Can you hear me? I state this in my inner monologue.
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What? I look around frantically and then hold my/the head.
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This is a grocery store that Dana does indeed recognize. It is closer to the heist location than it is to her apartment. These are all facts ??? also knows because Dana is thinking about these facts.
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I don't know what's happening to my. My name is Dana Craig. I wrote a name in a notebook and suddenly appeared here.
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β€œShut up.”
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What? Why?! (edited)
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β€œOh, so you’re…”
10:46 PM
Can you still hear me?
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Yes. I can hear you.
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Idiot. You might have been able to take advantage of my not knowing that.
10:48 PM
But it’s fine. I can anticipate you knowing anything I’m trying to do. As long as there’s a chance…!
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What do you expect?
10:49 PM
I'm just trying to understand what's going on. I have no idea what you're trying to do.
10:49 PM
Are you plotting against me?
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I’m going to kill you, Jay. I’ll be gracious enough to let you die properly.
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I'... Why do you think I'm Jay?
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Shut up! How could you possibly have such precise control over your thoughts, and yet be enough of a nonce to use it on the most asinine ruse possible?
10:52 PM
I put the groceries on the ground. Not my problem, Kris.
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Aren't you thinking in the exact same way?? (edited)
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Even if I humored the idea that you really are mentally ill, you must surely be able to make basic inferences about your situation.
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I never said I'm mentally ill, and I'm not putting up any ruse.
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What’s the name of Dana Craig’s father and mother? Her middle name? Her boyfriend? Where does she live?
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The name of her... okay. I've been dealing with some memory problems since I woke up.
10:56 PM
Ariel told me that writing in the notebook should help, so I did. Do you know who she is?
10:56 PM
How would you even know all of that, anyway? (edited)
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Ariel is the pathetic ditz who tricked me into letting my guard down after she invited an armed lunatic into her house.
10:57 PM
I mean, that’s not entirely fair. She… she means well. I think.
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Are you at risk? Under attack?
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I’m safe now. A miracle happened.
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I saw Jay, a person in a white suit who I tied up to the couch, Ehn, a dog thing, and Ariel. They were all in where Ariel said she lived.
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I do a real life physical laugh again. Wait, if I can hear you, did you hear me before? You just never reacted?
10:59 PM
What a joke.
10:59 PM
Who even are you?
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I guess I’d be Jay by elimination. I know an awful lot about Dana Craig, though. Funny that.
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Didn't you say you were going to kill Jay?
11:01 PM
So you're going to kill... yourself? Why would you do that?
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I’m JOKING. I’m Dana Craig, and you’re psychotic or malicious or braindead. Possibly some combination.
11:02 PM
I make my way out of the store.
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Dana Craig is. Outside.
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Gah. You're really being uncooperative.
11:03 PM
Would it be that painful to be honest? I'm stuck inside your head. I can't perceive any way to harm you from here.
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The fresh air. I hope Kris Pratt doesn’t mind the hassle of getting his car from here later, because I have no idea which it is.
11:08 PM
Let’s pretend you’re acting in completely good faith right now. I left my body β€” in selfless pursuit of the recommendation of others β€” and you took advantage of my vulnerability. You, the amnesiac going by β€œJay”, used the notebook which I explicitly explained the functionality of to steal my body. This part has no explanation that is not of ill intent. Now, theoretically, you contracted some brain tumor that made you re-lose all of your memories, but also implanted the memory that you were Dana Craig. Only that name, though; nothing else. You dicked around for an eternity while acting nothing like me, because you didn’t even understand who you were impersonating. Finally, by chance, I gain an opportunity to act, and conveniently, this time your memory from the last body DOES stay. Now I’m inside my neighbor along with a man who feigns being me, too paranoid to switch back since I can’t ever return to where I just was. (edited)
11:10 PM
The first time you met me, you almost shot me to death. I thought I could maneuver past that, but if you’re prone to resetting to that at any point, I can’t take that kind of risk.
11:12 PM
I’m walking back to Ariel’s house.
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...Wow. Fuck you. (edited)
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Ariel lives in an apartment.
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This is what I meant.
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I know.
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I’m wounded. Though, is this a moral judgement of the information I just conveyed, or did your mind implode again and convince itself I just confessed to genocide? (edited)
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I'm just annoyed. You're seriously so spiteful that you came up with that from almost nothing?
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You don’t make it easy, but it’s the best light to paint you in.
11:18 PM
You could also just be a really terrible supervillain.
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A series of events managed to occur that should blatantly be impossible. Unless you want to propose you're mentally ill, I'm a separate person talking inside your head. Despite everything, the common sense and intuition I did manage to retain tells me this should be impossible. But a minor contrivance occurring assuming you're actually Dana Craig and I'm actually Jay is a step too far? I don't suppose you have an explanation for why I, the villainous mastermind magically here now, came here, completely powerless? Even as I was reluctant until Ariel and Ehn both kept promising this would help me, I'm reportedly carrying out my malicious will and lying to you? You're perfectly free to ask them to confirm my story, though maybe they were planning against me too, and I'm sure you could figure out that all I've done is wake up, tie up Jay, wake up Ariel, talk to them and write that name. 'An eternity' would be more like minutes. If you mean to suggest I could just 'switch back' whenever I want, I would be perfectly happy to, although I don't know how. (edited)
11:24 PM
If this is how you act towards someone you've just meeting, maybe 'almost being shot to death' isn't the fault of the one almost doing the shooting.
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Wow, no way! I’m so shocked you’d side with the shooter.
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It's almost like you're painting the most one-sided account possible, 'Dana'.
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I am, because I don’t think your side matters.
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If I'm going to die, I'd rather stand up than submit to someone who claims my own identity. (edited)
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Who the hell are you? You’re a consciousness that comes into being and before a day has passed resorts to holding people at gunpoint and tying people up. You can call me a bastard, fine. But I’m the bastard my life made me.
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I'm the person my life made me. In the very short, reactive term, perhaps, but I'm no different. (edited)
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Kris's legs turn down the wrong street from what Dana intended.
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β€œPff. Of course… you think you can win?! I’ll run this body in front of a car before I let you have your way!”
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What the hell are you talking about?
11:31 PM
I'm Dana Craig, as far as I can remember. I looked in a mirror and saw my own face, that of Dana Craig. I talked to Ariel and Ehn, and they recognised me as Dana Craig. I looked in my pockets and saw a wallet containing my license, credit card, and $42 of cash, and a vape, pepper spray, keys, and a phone. Those are my possessions. Now you, someone who I can't so much as see the face of, claims to be Dana Craig? Do you expect me to believe you? (edited)
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β€œArtemis, Douglas. Trick question; Dana Craig is my full name. Trick question; I’m single, and no man I’ve ever seen is worth my time. I live right by Ariel’s, though she said this one outright, so it doesn’t mean much.”
11:35 PM
It could go on. Until recently, I worked a dead end job at a convenience store. I got shot the other day. Ariel healed me.
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What? You're just spouting gibberish.
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Kris arrived arrived in front of Maoziwam's storage facility(the one to rob).
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What do any of those sentences have to do with the sentences before them? (edited)
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I live in one of the less glamorous sections of Avengard; some might describe it as a dump. I drink and occasionally vape. The pepper spray is for self defense. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wants to live a better life. I’m being careful not to burden myself with loose ends that could disrupt my freedom. Because once I’m back in control, I won’t be betrayed by anyone again.
11:39 PM
Why the fuck is he here.
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I suppose maybe you're waiting for me to figure out you're Jay. You've clearly tried to set yourself up as quite the monster, as an 'armed lunatic'. Considering the impassioned account you've given, it only adds up that you've somehow tricked me into entering your own body to be free to kill me, Dana Craig, the one you seem eager to insist Jay hates so much. You're just droning on now to mock me.
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Yeah, sure. I’m the lunatic who goes by Jay. I used my powers to take away your memory and then try to gaslight you by looking up facts about you. The jigs up. What are you gonna do about it?
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...Haven't I made it clear I'm pretty helpless here? (edited)
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THAT MUST BE SO UNFORTUNATE.
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I have no idea what you're doing now, but my only real hope is for some outside intervention to come about.
11:46 PM
Ehn and Ariel are both probably eager to help you, but if they really do have any amount of good intent, maybe they could manage to talk you down.
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I’m losing my rage a little. If I could just ensure you never go near me again, I might be willing to opt for that.
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I literally woke up in the apartment you were unconscious in. I never would've met you, let alone heard your name, if Ariel dumped me in a sewer somewhere.
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I can convince Ariel, but Ehn seems to be trying to force the three of us to cooperate. I guess it doesn’t really matter when Ehn thinks. I highly doubt it’ll be of any help beyond saying cryptic nonsense.
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It's a dog. Why don't you just kill it?
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It’s a cat.
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Doesn't it look more like a dog?
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Not particularly? There’s certainly some cat-like dogs out there.
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My point stands whether it's a cat or dog.
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It’d be a little unfortunate to kill it. I’m still indebted to it, and I only returned to life because of a promise. I can’t go breaking those for no reason.
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You... died?
11:54 PM
It's just an animal. What can it do, besides somehow talk?
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I don’t know the rules that govern it’s existence. But if it’s capable of feats on the same level as those it gives others access to, I’d prefer to avoid antagonizing it needlessly.
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Why don't you possess it, then? If that notebook I've been dealing with is so good at stealing bodies, shouldn't you claim its incredible powers for yourself? (edited)
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I’ve thought about that sort of thing. If there were a higher power, would I be able to use them with the right name? But I feel like Ehn is just a nickname or abbreviation, and I don’t care enough to try.
11:58 PM
Plus… being an animal? Being a man is already pushing things.
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Ehn could be a female animal.
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Kris is still standing there. You’re welcome for the input.
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As opposed to... a non-binary one, I suppose. Couldn't shapeshifting be in its arsenal, anyway?
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Shapeshifting would certainly have been more convenient than what I currently have to do. Uh, you wouldn’t know what we’re doing here, would you? I’m pretty sure Kris is just some guy, I don’t think he has any special attributes that would allow him access here.
12:03 AM
I thought you were walking?
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No, this just sort of happened. I was trying to go back to Ariel’s. Not sure how we got here. Has something to do with Ehn, maybe?
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Can you... walk away? Go inside? It looks like we've stopped here.
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I try??? To walk inside??
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Kris is immediately stopped by a man in a in a "Palmer Security" uniform. "Excuse me, who are you?"
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β€œI’m Kris Pratt.” I declare this confidently.
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"What are you doing here, Mr. Pratt?"
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β€œThe same as usual.” What? What the fuck does that mean? I’m blowing this.
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"Are you saying you come here often?"
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β€œYeah.” I check through my (his) pockets.
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Car keys and a wallet.
12:18 AM
"So if I call Mr. Maoziwam and tell him Kris Pratt is here, he’ll know what that means?"
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β€œHopefully.”
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"Alright then, wait right here." The guard ducked through a door into a small office.
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Mr. Maoziwam won't, will they? The guard didn't recognise you at all. (edited)
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The only other doors in this room are the exit and what seems to be the entrance to the actual storage facility.
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Oh, I have no idea. We haven’t done anything illegal yet, though.
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You should run inside. They're not stopping you.
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I run inside. Sorry, Kris. ((I am TIRED this is it from me))
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((Okay end session here then))
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((wheeeee))
12:23 AM
((Great session))
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((I will probably do a catch-up session this week to. Well. Catch you guys up))
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The storage facility has a long corridor with doors on either side. Next to each door is a keypad.
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Wow. I have no idea what this is.
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I don't either.
11:38 AM
Try going through one of them.
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Locked.
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Obviously they’re all locked. I don’t think Kris actually has any access. Can I see what’s at the end of the corridor?
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Just a wall.
11:50 AM
"Hey, Dana! How's it going!" Ehn popped out through a wall.
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β€œNot great. Are you the reason I ended up here?”
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"You came here because I asked you to come here, remember? Your memory's really not doing great..."
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β€œHah. Am I supposed to do anything here?”
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"What's wrong? Just take the stuff and go, right?"
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Were you supposed to... know where anything is?
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β€œThese doors are all locked. Because that’s kind of the whole idea of a place like this. I don’t have anything on me or knowledge of these codes.”
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"...Oh." Ehn's expression dropped. "I didn't think of that."
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Can't you just break them down?
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I’m pretty sure this isn’t a material for which that’s feasible. Right?
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Yeah that would not work.
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I look at one of the keypads. Is it like a number thing
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It is a number thing.
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I enter β€œ1984”.
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Nothing.
12:33 PM
"Okay, uh... Hm. I have an idea, give me a bit." Ehn ran out.
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The guard and a police officer that Dana would recognize entered the corridor, and aimed their guns at Dana and ???. "HANDS IN THE AIR!"
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I comply instinctively. β€œWhat’s going on.”
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"What are you doing back here?" The officer approached, and took out handcuffs.
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β€œI dunno. The door wasn’t locked.” This seriously is my best plan.
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"I'll be taking you down to the station." The officer tried to handcuff Dana.
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I don’t even have a weapon. What, am I supposed to steal their guns or something?
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Go ahead. You're going to get us killed either way.
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Sorry, Kris, but prison wouldn’t be much better. I try to take a gun.
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((Roll))
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((14))
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The officer shot Kris in the soldier. "Hah… I actually just did that?"
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β€œAGH! I know my rights!”
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"Oh yeah…!?" He forced a defiant-looking face. "Well… What are they, then?"
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:01 PM
I remain silent. The answer.
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None? (edited)
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"Hey, I asked you a question!" He aimed the gun at Kris.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:06 PM
β€œThe third amendment.” I am in pain.
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"Can you google that?" The officer asked the guard. (edited)
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:19 PM
β€œIt’s about quartering troops! You can’t force me to house you people in my world!” I am going to sound as unreasonable as possible.
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"Detective James says us cops can do anything we want."
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:26 PM
I laugh. β€œDetective James has not faced a lawsuit before, I’m guessing.”
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"Uh. Well… I actually wouldn’t know that."
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:33 PM
"Sh..." Hm. I guess this guy might catch on if I assume James refers to a 'her'. "Clearly, none of you have passed a reasonable police academy."
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"I passed with flying colours." He doesn’t sound too proud of this.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:34 PM
"And how do you think colors is spelled, huh?"
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"What?"
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:36 PM
"Exactly. No patriotism at all."
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"My patriotism? Well… I guess I can’t really say I strongly feel one way or another there. We live in a country. I’ll leave the specifics to wiser people."
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:37 PM
((if you give me a character i know to try to impersonate i will vaguely extrapolate on interactions i've seen with them. if you give me the person with only the detail about their name being Kris Pratt existing i will do this))
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"What are you doing? Arrest him!" The guard.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:45 PM
"Indecisive as always." I laugh.
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"Are you mocking me? You don’t even know me!" The officer tried to handcuff Kris.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:50 PM
"So you'd think, Kingsley."
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"What!?" He stopped.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:53 PM
"Well, would you accept that I just had a lucky guess?"
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"No." He aimed his gun.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:55 PM
"You ever heard of the collective unconscious?"
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"Wh-What?"
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 1:58 PM
"I mean, you're not some enigmatic superspy, Kingsley. Your name is public knowledge, more or less. Anything that can be known, will be known. Information spreads like a virus in the modern world. And I am that virus. A living creature. A Soul."
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Kingsley does not understand how to react to anything that’s happening right now.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 2:00 PM
"Well, that's fine. I, Kris Pratt, don't really get this either. But on a greater level, I'm sure you hearing this will matter. Just appendages of a larger being, the two of us, eh?"
2:00 PM
I'm not resisting.
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The guard shot Kris.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 2:01 PM
"Ow! What the fuck!? Just cuff me, dumbass! Or leave me the hell alone if you can't bring yourself to do that!!"
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Kris is now quickly bleeding to death.
2:03 PM
"Wh-What the hell is happening!?" Kingsley. "I’m doing your job, Johnathan." The guard speaks with irritation.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 2:03 PM
"This is so fucked up. I hope you know you killed a man who did nothing today. For the protection of the rich." I sputter through blood.
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Good job.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 2:03 PM
I try.
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"…" Kingsley looked torn. "Call an ambulance." "What are you talking about? Did you not get your instructions?" The guard.
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Dana Craig 8/5/2022 2:07 PM
"This guy, he's already given up his entire being to this asinine position. But you're different, Kingsley. I don't know why you joined the force, but I can't imagine this was what you wanted."
2:08 PM
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"Wh-What I wanted? I don’t-!? This was just supposed to be a simple job! I didn’t want anything!" "Move on." The guard.
2:10 PM
Kris Pratt died.
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2:10 PM
((Channel split))
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Avengard / unknown
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??? woke up back in their body, handcuffed in the back of a police car.
2:16 PM
"Where am I now!?"
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"Finally awake, huh?"
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"Who are you?"
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"I’m a police officer. Nothing beyond that matters. And you must be Jay, right?"
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"I'm Dana Craig."
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"What?"
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"Ugh. Why did you think I was Jay?"
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"The suit."
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"What suit?"
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"The one you’re wearing."
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I look down at my clothing. "Gah! Why am I wearing this?" (edited)
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"Are you saying someone changed your clothes?"
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"Uh... probably?"
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"We’ll deal with that later."
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"Why am I here?"
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"Because apparently, you're a member of the white suits." (edited)
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"What white suits? I'm a human."
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"Are you sure?" They answered sarcastically.
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I take a moment to consider this. "Yes."
4:03 PM
"...Are you human?" (edited)
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"Yes."
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"Are you sure?"
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"Yeah. Because I can see my face."
4:07 PM
They looked in the car mirror.
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"Maybe you only look like a human."
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"I've met talking animals before, but not talking objects. Why does it matter?" (edited)
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"Talking animals? Okay, I’ll just… Leave that to the detective." They arrived in front of the police station. (edited)
4:37 PM
((Shut up))
4:40 PM
I groan. "You're the one claiming I look like a white suit."
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"You’re wearing one." They got out of the car, and opened ???'s door.
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I sit there and look at them. (edited)
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They pulled ??? out of the car, and dragged them into the precinct.
4:57 PM
"What are you going to do with me?"
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"We’re going to interrogate you and possibly arrest you. I’ll leave that to the detective in charge." They dragged ??? into one of several small cells with a few other people, and removed ???'s handcuffs. "The detective will be with you shortly."
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"At least I'm not dead yet."
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They locked the cell, and left. ((Session end))
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??? is in a cell.
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I sigh deeply. (edited)
8:12 PM
I then look at the collective 'few other people'. "What do you all want from me?" (edited)
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"...?"
8:14 PM
"Uh, who are any of you?"
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They ignore ???.
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"If you want to hurt me, I'm not going down without a fight."
8:15 PM
I glare at them.
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They continue to avoid ???.
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The officer from Kris's body, Kingsley, walked by the cell, clutching his head.
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I yell at Kingsley. "Hey! I know who you are! You watched Kris Pratt die!"
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"Huh-!?" He stopped in his tracks.
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"I know exactly who you are, 'Kingsley'."
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"Who are you!?"
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"Who do you think I am?"
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"I... How should I know?"
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"You're part of this gang, aren't you?"
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"Gang?"
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"The 'force'."
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"The... Police force?"
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"Exactly."
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"Do you not know what the police are?"
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"They're your group. I don't know what they want from me."
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"You... You seriously don't know what the police are?"
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"...Why should I?"
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He paused, confused. "It's like... Uh... Well, we're from the government. We make sure people follow the law. In theory."
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"I don't know what the government is, necessarily."
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"What!? How...?"
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"Does it matter?"
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"Yes...? The government is who's in charge of the country. They get to decide what's right or wrong, and it's our job to make sure people follow that."
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I scoff. "How many people are in your 'government'? How many people are in the country?"
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"I haven't counted."
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"I may not know a few things, but I'm not gullible enough to believe an entire country would submit to one team of dictators."
8:51 PM
"Your 'charge' would be over before it started."
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"They're not... Really dictators. You vote for them. Usually."
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"Who decides that?"
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"Who decides what?"
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"That you vote for 'them'?"
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"How would anyone decide that?"
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"What? Is it a law of nature?" (edited)
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"Huh?"
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"I don't know what's confusing."
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"Kingsley! Thanks for keeping our friend here occupied." A detective walked up the cell. "But if you don't mind, I actually have to speak with him."
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"Ugh. Who are they?"
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"Scott. Howard Scott. And you would be Jay, correct?"
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"No! I'm Dana Craig."
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He looked at Jay questioningly. "Alright Dana, let's discuss this own in the interrogation room."
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((Does calling Dana-mode ??? "Jay" count as misgendering))
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((It's not misgendering but it is deadnaming))
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Howard opened the cell door, and dragged ??? towards this so called interrogation room.
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I don't resist because I'm outnumbered.
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It is a classic interrogation room, you know what it looks like. "Have a seat, 'Dana'."
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Groaning, I take a seat.
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Howard sat across from them. "Now, you claim to be Dana Craig, correct?"
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"Do you remember our meeting, Mr. Craig? Yesterday? At the hospital."
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"No? Why's that?"
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"I've had issues recalling events from before today. Memory problems." (edited)
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"Memory problems, I see." He wrote something down. "Hit your head or anything?"
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"Not that I recall. I've been like that since I woke up, but I don't know about any physical injury to me." (edited)
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"Interesting. Any reason for the bandages?"
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"What bandages?"
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"The ones... All over your face?"
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"Do I have bandages all over my face?"
9:29 PM
I hold up my hand and feel my face.
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Wow that sure is strange, the skin on your face is entirely composed of bandages.
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"Ack! What the hell?"
9:31 PM
"That's ridiculous. I, uh..."
9:32 PM
"Somebody must have put these on me, but I have no idea about them. Or it's possible I swapped bodies with the bandaged man I saw. That would explain a lot."
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"Swapped bodies?"
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"By swapped, I mean 'stole'. I don't know how, besides that it's done with a notebook, but it's apparently possible. Jay seemed to do it with a man named Kris Pratt." (edited)
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He leaned in attentively. "Could you try looking at the one-way mirror?"
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"Where?"
9:44 PM
I look around the room and then stare at the one-way mirror.
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It is indeed clearly the body of Jay. Very freaky, but nothing happens.
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"Gah! That body is theirs. Jay's."
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He leaned back in his chair. "...Hm."
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"Who even is Jay? They seem to hate me, but I know nothing about them."
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"We were hoping you'd know."
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I sigh. "...I talked to them. They revealed they used their 'powers' to take away my memory and tried to gaslight me by claiming to be me. Does that make sense?" (edited)
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"None at all."
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"Have you heard the name Ariel?"
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"I might’ve."
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"She supposedly lives next-door to me. She should know more." (edited)
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"I see, I see…"
10:45 PM
"When can I leave?"
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"See the thing is, Mr. Craig, the one I need to keep here isn’t you. It’s this so-called Jay. Now, he could be you, or you could really have swapped bodies with him. Whichever the case may be, I think we’ll figure it out say… Tomorrow?"
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"It's Ms. Craig."
10:53 PM
"Why do you want Jay so badly if you don't know who they are?"
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"It's Ms. Craig."
"So you did notice that." He smirked.
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"Why do you want Jay so badly if you don't know who they are?"
"Well, if you aren’t Jay, there’s no reason to let that concern you."
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"They're my enemy as much as they are yours. I would like to know what they've done besides.gaslighting, stealing the memories of and trying to kill me." (edited)
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"We’re cops. Not the news." He got up. "Come on, let’s get you back to your cell."
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"Can I at least have something to eat?"
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"Sure. I probably have a spare donut box somewhere in my desk. That suit you?"
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Howard dragged ??? back to the cell.
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I sit down (assuming there's a place here in this jail cell I can sit on). (edited)
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There’s like a bench yeah.
11:21 PM
Not long after, Howard just shoves a box of donuts through the bars.
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I grab it, open it and start eating the donuts.
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This happens.
11:24 PM
It is getting very late.
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"Am I supposed to sleep in a dumpster like this?"
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No response.
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I walk up to one of the other people in the cell(?). "Hey. Hey! HEY! Are you deaf?"
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They just push him away.
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"What is wrong with them?"
11:36 PM
"Helloooo? Talk! Say something! I'm an amnesiac and I'm Dana Craig and I've gone through a whole buunch of bullshit today, an expression which I'm pretty sure is metaphorical, because honestly I have no idea why I do and don't remember certain things considering I clearly know how to talk, but do you?? Do any of you even know how to use your mouths? You just need to flap them open and shut like this and make sounds. It's not hard. Are you dying? Did this gang force you never to talk again? Do you think I'm Jay like everyone apparently does? Has Jay done something to wrong you too? If you think you know me why don't you argue back or something? Why can't you just ANSWER?" (edited)
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"Just shut up. Not everyone has to deal with your problems."
11:37 PM
The other criminals in the cells begin to be slowly taken out one at a time.
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"Grr. As if it's somehow better to stand around doing nothing."
11:38 PM
I sit down again and glare.
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Eventually, ??? is the only one left.
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"Stupid-stupid-stupid."
11:48 PM
The dashes are totally part of the grammatically correct form of the expression. Those aren't dashes though β€” they're hyphens. (edited)
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It is VERY late.
11:49 PM
In universe
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"Whatever. I'll go to sleep, wake up tomorrow and then get back at Jay. The police clearly have something against him, even if they're insisting on holding me with whatever they are."
11:51 PM
"Ha! That's right, 'Jay'! You did this all to me, so I'll have my way sooner or later!"
11:51 PM
My urge to speak fades out and I lie down and try to sleep.
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??? falls asleep with ease. ((Chapter end session ends))
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4: Almighty Grasp
12:08 PM
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Avengard / unknown
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??? awoke on the floor of the cell.
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I push myself up to my feet and look around the cell.
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It's empty.
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"Hello?" I raise my voice. "Is anyone there?"
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"Good morning, Dana." Howard approached the cell confidently. "Or are you Jay now?"
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I hesitate. "...Dana? Jay? Who?"
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"Your name. What is it?"
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"I'm..." I think. "I don't remember."
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"I see, I see. Why don't you follow me." He unlocked the cell.
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"Uh... okay."
1:48 PM
I step towards Howard. (edited)
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Howard walked back to the interrogation room.
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I follow.
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He sat down in the same chair as yesterday. "Have a seat."
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I take a seat.
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"Now, what do you remember?"
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"...Huh."
1:55 PM
"I remember how to speak? What the colour 'blue' is?"
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"A strange selection, to be sure. But that's all you remember? No names, places, faces?"
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"I remember a few other things. But I can't recall any names, places, or faces." (edited)
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"When we spoke yesterday, you said something about memory problems. At the time, I figured they'd clear up with time. Clearly, I was thinking wrong."
2:04 PM
"Who are you?"
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"Detective Howard Scott, from the AGPD. But, if you're going to forget again... Why not write it out and check again tomorrow." Howard took out a spare notebook and slid it over to ???.
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"...You mean the name?"
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"Anything, really. Like your own name, or your memory issues. Those would be useful to write out."
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"I could." I seem somewhat nervous. "But I still don't remember my own name."
2:09 PM
"How do I know you, anyway?"
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"That's no concern. What I need is to speak to a man called Jay. Are you Jay? Do you think you're Jay?"
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"Jay? Am I Jay?"
2:13 PM
"...Is Jay a bird?"
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"Jay is a letter, too. Could be several hundred more things. Whatever the case, tell me. Does it feel like your name?"
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I search my soul for the true purpose the name Jay holds to me.
2:21 PM
".........No. I don't particularly feel like that's my name."
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"Then what do you feel is your name?"
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"Gah. Nothing. Maybe... Howa... no."
2:24 PM
I shake my head. "I don't have any feeling."
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He groaned. "Nameless. You know what we call nameless people here, usually?"
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"John Doe, or Jane Doe. Depending on if you're male or female. I would've assumed John, but yesterday you told me you were a Ms., so..."
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"Um... male?"
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"So you are a John Doe, got it."
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"No, I mean, I don't know what that is."
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He blinked. "What?"
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"'Male'."
2:31 PM
"There are female people, and people who don't fit into that. But I don't know what being 'male' is." (edited)
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"Okay, for once... That's not really in my usual catalogue of explanations. A man is... Well, a man. It's a social construct designed to oppose women."
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"Okay, look, this is just a pointless distraction. I need information from you that you don't have. Whenever you regain your memory, come back here and I can help you. For now, you might as well leave." He sat back in his chair, looking annoyed. "This has all been a massive waste of time."
2:39 PM
"Can you tell me... who are 'Jay' and 'Dana'? Did you think I was one of them? They can't both be me, can they?"
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"I'll keep those cards a secret for now."
2:43 PM
"Where's the exit?"
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"The door. I'm not walking you out the building."
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I stand up and walk out of the room.
2:49 PM
I don't close the door out. "Can you just tell me where the door to get out of the building is?"
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"First floor. You can't miss it."
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I groan, walk away, and search the building for any signs of the 'first floor' or a door out. (edited)
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This is not hard to find at all. But as ??? leaves, he finds a few officers discussing the name "Hav Kerloe". This immediately sets off a need in ??? to see this person.
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"Hav Kerloe... Hav..."
3:04 PM
I double back inside and walk to a receptionist or similar entity. "I need to see Hav Kerloe."
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"Hav Kerloe? Who's that?"
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"A person." I point in the direction where the officers were.
3:09 PM
"They were talking about them."
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They looked through their files. "Hav Kerloe is the owner of Kerloe Fishery. He isn't in this building." (edited)
3:11 PM
"Do you know where Kerloe Fishery is?"
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"Sure." They gave the address.
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"I, uh... gah. I don't know where this leads to."
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"Do you need a map of the city?"
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They looked around their little receptionist area for a while, before pulling out a map and handing it to ???.
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I take the map and attempt to cross-reference it to the address.
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This happens.
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I step out of the building and try to make my way to Kerloe Fishery with the map.
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??? arrived outside of a building called Kerloe Fishery. Seems like someone is inside.
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I open the door and step in.
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Hav Kerloe is inside.
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"Are you Hav Kerloe?"
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((What is ???'s appearance?)) (edited)
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((White suit, face is covered in bandages.))
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[inner monologue] Oh, it's this person again... This can't be good. I lied to them about where the hospital was. They know my name, which could mean one of two things. One, they remember me from earlier and tried to find out what my name was. And two, they don't remember me from earlier and found out my name in some other way. I hope that it's the second, but I must prepare for the possibility that it's first. I don't have enough information at the moment, and must wait to see what else is said. "Yes."
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"Do you know me?"
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[inner monologue] Thank goodness. They don't remember me. It makes sense, as someone who makes their appearance this must understand the unimportance of individuality. Functionally, I could be described as a different person than who I was before, not because I am different, but because I am the same. All things that are the same are different to an observer that lacks understanding. I am extremely grateful to this person and how much truth their existence represents. "No."
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I frown. "...What do you do here?"
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[inner monologue] Ah, perfect. An opportunity to introduce this symbol of perfection to the world of fish. This could not be going better. "I sell fish."
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"Why? Well, there are many reasons. Fish are important. They act as food, which we humans need to eat keep us alive. They taste good. There are, of course, other reasons, however they aren't for you to know. I'd imagine you already understand them, however." (edited)
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I think to myself. "Couldn't you sell other foods too?" (edited)
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"Yes. I do, sometimes. But fish are the most important."
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"How? Aren't they just as good as other foods?"
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[inner monologue] Wow... This person really does perfectly understand. Incredible... "Yes! The reason they're most important isn't because they are differentβ€”as foods, they aren't. They're identical, as you said. What creates their importance is what they represent."
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"What they represent? Don't they only represent themselves?"
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"I can't tell you that."
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"Why not?"
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"I can't tell you that."
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"Why not?"
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"I can't tell you that."
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I sound increasingly exasperated. "Why not?"
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[inner monologue] Yes! What a perfect exchange. We are subconsciously confirming our own understanding through our use of repetition. Nothing changes, it's all the same. We both know that the expression of differences are meaningless. An idea begins to bloom within my mind. This could be revolutionary. "I can't tell you that."
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"Prove it."
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[inner monologue] Yes. This is exactly what I have been waiting for. I will now put my demonstration into action. I run out of the fish store and head in the direction of the nearest clothing store.
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"What? Hey!?"
4:03 PM
I run after Hav Kerloe.
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I do not make any effort to outrun ???. I walk at a reasonable pace.
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"Where are you going?"
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"I can't tell you that."
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"I don't believe you."
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"Okay."
4:09 PM
I continue following. "Um..."
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I say nothing.
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"Would you tell me if I attacked you?"
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"No."
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"Why not?"
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"I can't tell you that."
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"Just hurry up."
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((This is the best dynamic ever))
4:18 PM
They arrive at the fish store.
4:18 PM
Clothing store.
4:19 PM
I’m so good at narration.
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I search the clothing store for a white suit that is closest in appearance to the white suit ??? is wearing.
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They do not stock any white suits.
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WHAT. I attempt to leave this clothing store and go to a different clothing store.
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No clothing stores in Avengard stock white suits.
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What kind of fucking city is this.
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Every other clothing item is commonly available. This specific item is the exception
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I look for a taxi or some other method of public transportation to take me to the nearby city of Shelk, which is "easy to get to" from Avengard. (edited)
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Taxis are easy to find yup. Is ??? still following
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Once I am in the nearby city of Shelk, I look for a clothing store to see if they have any white suits.
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I am still following.
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They do have white suits in Shelk yup.
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((Lmfao what the fuck is happening))
4:39 PM
I attempt to buy a white suit.
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This costs the regular price for a suit in New York.
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I spend the regular price for a suit in New York and buy the suit.
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"...Are you okay?"
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"Yes."
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If you were waiting on this, Hav does indeed have the suit now.
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I then go to the nearest drug store and look for bandages similar to the ones on ???'s face.
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This is easy, they’re just normal bandages.
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I buy the bandages. I then put on the suit and wrap the bandages around my face in the same way that ??? has done.
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I kinda just stare at him, still following.
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Do we look similar πŸ™‚
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((Roll))
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((7))
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Only a little bit.
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Good enough. Looking similar isn't the point, it's the principle of it. I head back to Avengard and the fish store (the store where I sell fish).
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Carolyn Blythe is standing outside the drug store.
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Avengard / carolyn-hav-unknown
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It’s worth noting that both Hav and ??? have similar bandages obstructing their faces.
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:32 PM
((okay you should have told me that before,)) (edited)
5:32 PM
((i am going to retcon that lmfao)) (edited)
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It's also worth noting that we're both wearing white suits.
5:32 PM
Our pants are probably different idk
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((YOU DID NOT SPECIFY PUTTING ON THE SUIT))
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Atmey
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((???))
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((Okay nvm I’m just blind then))
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Lmfao
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"You've made it look like you've been mutilated."
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((Also what city are we in))
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((Shelk))
YEAH 1
5:35 PM
((I didn’t switch the category yet because I am on mobile))
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:35 PM
Carolyn approaches the two men with a smile on her face "Hey there, sorry to bother the two of you, but I just couldn't hold back my curiosity. It's not every day you see someone with as bold a fashion choice as this, I was wondering if you had any reason behind it?"
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"This is Hav Kerloe. They just bought these. I have no idea why."
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[inner monologue] It's the woman that old man told me about. I was supposed to avoid her, right? And call him? Well, I obviously can't call him, but I might as well take his advice. Since I've been given a reason to, I will forcefully step away from this interactionβ€”something I typically wouldn't do. My chances for self-preservation will be increased this way. "Yes. There is a reason. I cannot tell you." I look to ???. "We should go."
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"I think there's something wrong with them."
5:38 PM
"Hav, I mean." (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:40 PM
"Ah, don't say that, I'm sure there's a perfectly normal reason behind it, not that I'm owed an explanation just because I asked, of course. But, uh, before you go, I did have another question I wanted to ask, if that would be alright?"
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"No, it wouldn't." I attempt to walk away.
5:41 PM
"Go ahead. That would be fine."
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((I have to go eat food from real life I'll be back in like 20 minutes))
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((Evasive))
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:42 PM
"Well, that's fine, it was actually you that I was interested in asking. Having... Hav, I believe you said, around would make things a little awkward... It's somewhat personal." (edited)
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"...Do you know me?"
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:44 PM
"I didn't think so at first, I really did approach just to ask about Hav's bandages, but now that I'm talking to you... Well, I shouldn't get carried away. Just to check, do you recognize me?"
5:45 PM
"But I have memory problems. I'm an amnesiac."
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:46 PM
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, I wasn't aware. Say, do you mind coming with me for a moment? There's something I want you to see, it's not that far from here. It might jog some memories, actually."
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I look at Hav. "Will you go back to Kerloe Fishery?'
5:48 PM
"Nevermind. Can you take me back when we're done? My map doesn't show this area."
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Carolyn’s phone starts ringing.
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:50 PM
She checks the number.
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I hold up a map of Avengard and point at a location. "It's not far from here."
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It’s Matrick.
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"What is the ringing noise for?" (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:52 PM
"Sorry, I'm getting a call. It's nothing important, I'll be able to return it later. I know this area pretty well, so showing you around shouldn't be a problem at all, it's really no trouble."
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"Okay, uh... I'll come."
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:54 PM
"That's great to hear." She grabs his hand and begins walking away from Hav. (Atmey She isn't going to any specific destination, just somewhere where they can be isolated)
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((Channel split))
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New text from Matrick.
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 5:57 PM
If ??? does not resist then Carolyn continues leading him around "So, how far back do your memories go? Or is this a sensitive subject to talk about? Sorry if that's the case."
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"I only remember any events from today. I don't know who I am or anything about myself."
5:58 PM
"So... it's a recent problem."
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"That’s enough, Carolyn. Move away from him." A voice unfamiliar to ???.
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 6:00 PM
Carolyn sighs "You know, that was much easier than I expected. Hav basically just left on his own. I was kind of hoping for a longer conversation to get to know him after what you said." Carolyn does in fact move away from ???.
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"Who is that?"
6:00 PM
I look in the direction the voice came from.
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"Let’s take a walk." ??? feels the barrel of a gun at the back of his head. "Let’s take a walk." The voice of Howard Scott spoke in a mocking tone. "God, do you just never update your playbook, Gus? Are you frozen in time to when you thought that was cool?" Carolyn felt the barrel of a gun to the back of her head.
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"What the fuck??"
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"Shoot her if you want, Howard. You seriously think I care?" 'Gus'. "So does the selfless protector act end when it gets in your way, or when it hurts your feelings?" Howard.
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 6:06 PM
Carolyn freezes and swallows hard "Hey, uh, what exactly can I do for you, officer? It's certainly been a while since we talked, have you been doing well? I don't think I ever got the chance to... thank you, after what you did."
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"You know them?" (edited)
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"See Gus, someone here has politeness. You're welcome for getting away with murder." Howard. "Don't try to talk to him. He's completely insane." Gus. "Is it my insanity, or your stubbornness?" Howard. (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 6:10 PM
"So... are you going to kill me now, to make up for your mistake? I really think you should hear me out first, I've done a lot of good since then."
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"Mistake? I've never made a mistake in my life." Howard spoke confidently. "I told you, don't try to talk him out of anything. His delusional ideology's worse than yours in some ways." Gus.
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"Can I just go? I'd really like to be out of this situation." I'd really like to be out of this situation.
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Carolyn Blythe 8/12/2022 6:13 PM
"Well... I'm glad to know you feel the same way as me, Mr. Scott. That act of kindness you showed me allowed me to help so many people."
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"Sure." Gus shoved a rag onto where ???'s mouth should be.
6:14 PM
"I never claimed it was an act of kindness. Don't confuse me with someone like Gus." Howard.
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"???" (edited)
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??? loses consciousness.
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5: Auspicious Guardian
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Avengard / unknown
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??? awoke in what appears to be a tiny prison cell. There are metal bars on each side, and an uncomfortable looking mattress. There is a small slot that seems to be used for delivering food. The room outside the cell has room for more stuff, and seems like some kind of storage room. There is also another cage that is currently empty.
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((see #deleted-channel))
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I take a few moments to breathe in my surroundings and pull myself up onto the mattress. "Gah! What the hell? Where am I?"
3:51 PM
Turning up a blank trying to remember why I was here, I walk up to the bars and yell out. "Hello? Who shoved me in here?"
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No response.
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"Uh... HELLO? Is anyone there?" I kick at the bars. (edited)
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"Ah, good. You’re awake." A man smoking a cigarette entered the room.
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"Who are you, and what's that rod you're holding?"
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"Rod?"
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I point at the cigarette. "That thing."
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"The cigarette?"
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"Whatever it is!"
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"It’s a bunch of rolled up tobacco. You smoke it, and it makes you feel good. Stuff's addictive too, so you don’t wanna start."
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"That sounds like a waste of time."
4:15 PM
"Well, I don't care, anyway! Who are you?"
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"Trust me, in this world, we could all stand for a little free happiness." They chuckled. "Name's Jeff Johnner."
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"Jeff Johnner? And what brought someone like you to this place?" (edited)
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"What brought me?"
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"Is your hearing okay?"
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"Heh. Funny. I’m asking you what makes you more surprised I’m here than that you are?"
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"I don't know you, but I must have some reason to be here! Even if I can't remember it right now..." (edited)
4:27 PM
"Anyway, knowing why you're here puts me one step closer to knowing why I'm here. Did you put me here?'
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"In a sense. I didn’t physically put you here though."
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"What did you do to me!?"
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"Not much."
4:32 PM
"The face is on good old FB. I take no credit for the work of others. Call me selfless that way." He laughed a bit at his little joke.
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"What? Selfless? You just said you have a name."
4:34 PM
"Who the hell is FB?"
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He laughed bitterly. "Never mind. Better you forget." For some reason, you do feel very inclined to forget the name FB.
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"Ugh... well, anyway, I don't have all day. Can you just let me out of here?"
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"Right, of course… But first, could you tell me your name?"
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"..." I try to recall my name.
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You continue to not know it.
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"I... hey, why does that matter to you?"
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"Just answer."
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"I don't know, okay! I can't remember!"
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"Great. Your name is Marco Gould." This is obviously not your name and you don’t really understand their assumption at all.
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"What? No it's not?"
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"Just trust me."
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"I don't trust you."
4:57 PM
"Maybe you screwed something up, but my name definitely isn't Marco Gould. I would remember if I was called something so stupid." (edited)
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He sighed. "I’d hoped to make this simple."
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"Why do you care?"
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"Just don’t worry about it. Stay there, I’ll figure this out." Jeff went to exit.
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"What? No! Come back!"
5:08 PM
"I'll give you a name if you want one!"
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They left.
5:19 PM
"Agh!" I attempt to pick up the mattress.
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This is a thing that is possible to do.
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I attack the bars with it.
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This does nothing.
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"Ugggh."
5:30 PM
I stick my hand through the slot and try to intuit how much of myself could fit through it.
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Just your arm.
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I try to feel around for anything on the wall on the other side.
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The other side of what.
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The wall! (edited)
5:40 PM
Well they're bars, but you know, the area where the slot is installed. (edited)
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There’s nothing beyond a slot.
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"Come on!"
5:48 PM
I put a hand against my head and try to wait for about a minute.
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Nothing happens for a minute.
5:57 PM
"Uh... hah! I'll, uh..."
5:58 PM
I collapse down on the mattress and start to cry.
6:04 PM
With that, I then attempt to sleep.
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??? falls asleep.
6:06 PM
A while later, ??? is awoken by a girl carrying a food tray. ((Session end))
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((Saturday))
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A while later, ??? is awoken by a girl carrying a food tray.
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I wake up with a yawn.
2:42 PM
"Aaagh. Uh..." My eyes peer up to focus on the girl. "Who are you?"
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"Morning." ((This is what the girl looks like))
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I slowly push myself up to my feet and look around. "Where am I, Morning?"
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"No, my name isn't morning." She laughs a little. "I was saying hi."
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"Oh. Hello?" (edited)
2:50 PM
"What is your name?"
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"Eryn Whetchy. Usually I wouldn't tell it to prisoners, but you'll forget soon anyway."
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I'm confused. "What are you talking about?"
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"Are you planning to kill me?" I slightly clench my fist.
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"Nah. The boss is complicating it, but we're basically recruiting you. You should be happy. It's a pretty massive promotion."
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"Promotion?" I try to remember how I possibly could have been promoted. "From... what? Since when did I have a job?"
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"Well, if you consider prisoner a job."
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I sound exasperated. "Why would I be a prisoner? I've done nothing to offend anyone."
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"Well, that's the thing. Can you remember anything you've done?"
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"What?" I try to remember what I've done recently. "I woke up here, and before that, I..."
3:21 PM
"..."
3:22 PM
"What? Gah! Hey! How could you possibly know what I've forgotten!?" (edited)
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"Because we removed the whole memory part of your brain. Well, not me. FB did that. Guy's pretty scary with a scalpel or whatever it is he used. I'm not the scientist at all, here. Still, he kept a few things in there. Like the English language."
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"What??" I clutch my head. "What the hell?"
3:32 PM
"Why the hell would you do that to me? That's the opposite of a 'promotion'!" (edited)
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"That's not the promotion. The promotion is that you get to be outside the cage."
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I non-slightly clench my fist. "So? Why would you attack me if you're putting me on your side, and not that of whoever put me in there?"
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"We put you in here, and we're not going to attack you. At least not any time soon, I'm not a fortuneteller. What's important is that you know who you are, but in a weird way where who you are is actually just lying."
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"I do not know who I am. You removed my memory."
3:46 PM
"I don't even know what lying is."
3:47 PM
"...Wait, nevermind. Still, exactly what is any of that supposed to mean?" (edited)
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"Next time the boss asks, just say your name is Marco Gould. Even if it isn't true. It'll skip all of the hassle."
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"What? No! That can't be my name. I don't have any reason to say that."
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"He's like... A dead guy. Don't worry too much about it. The name itself isn't that relevant, the boss just kinda misses him. Sentimentality, you know how it is."
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"But I'm not him. Why would 'the boss' care about someone who has nothing to do with him besides the same name?"
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"He's trying to make you think you are. What with the whole memory loss thing. Just roll with it."
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"Then what?"
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"Then you can join us. ...Outside the cage."
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"Okay, but what are you going to do to me then?"
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"Nothing. You'll be part of the squad."
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I'm skeptical. "And you don't want anything else from me?" (edited)
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"Well, we'll need something when you're with us. Not yet."
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"Ack. Fine." I can't think of any other options.
4:36 PM
"How big is your 'squad'?"
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"Anyway, so you don't starve." She slid the food tray through the slot.
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"..." I pick up the tray and examine what's on there. (edited)
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Foodℒ️.
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I sigh and start eating the food.
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It's pretty good.
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Once that's done, I just start playing with the tray. What's it made out of?
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Plastic.
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I try to pull/snap it in half. (edited)
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((Roll))
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It doesn't break.
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I try again.
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((Roll))
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It doesn’t break.
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I try again.
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((Roll))
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It doesn’t break.
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I try again.
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((Roll))
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It doesn’t break.
6:02 PM
((What is this fucking curse of yours))
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I try again.
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((Roll))
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It doesn’t break.
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I try again.
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((Roll))
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It doesn’t break.
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I try again.
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((Roll))
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It breaks.
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"...Ugh. Now what am I going to do?"
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((Oh my god was there really no plan there))
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((It's stimming))
6:07 PM
How sharp do the corners of each half look?
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Not that sharp. It’s plastic.
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Sure, but snapping a plastic tray like that in half would produce four relatively sharp corners compared to the other four that were already there, wouldn't it? (edited)
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I try to saw at one of the bars with a sharper corner.
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Nothing. (edited)
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"Uuuugh."
6:37 PM
I look out at the space beyond the bars. "HEY! Isn't anyone coming?" (edited)
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"You awake again?" Jeff entered the room.
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"Oh! Um... yes."
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"I assume you’ve forgotten your name?"
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I hesitate. "Yes."
6:56 PM
"Who are you?"
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"Jeff Johnner. And you’re Marco Gould."
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"I'm... Marco Gould. Okay."
6:59 PM
"Why am I in here?"
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He smiled. "It’s nice to see you again, Marco."
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"It's nice to see you... too...?" (edited)
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"When you go to sleep next time, make sure to repeat it to yourself a lot. Make it stick."
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"My name?"
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"Yeah."
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"Well, I’ll see you tomorrow. Sleep well."
7:10 PM
??? was hit with a blinding headache.
7:11 PM
I put both hands against my head. "Uh... I'll try."
7:14 PM
Starting to mutter to myself, I lay down on the mattress face-down. "My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould."
7:15 PM
"Gaaah. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould." I let my chant drift into my thoughts, and with that, try to fall asleep once more.
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Starting to mutter to myself, I lay down on the mattress face-down. "My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould."
((SORRY things happen before this message))
7:18 PM
The translucent woman in the wheelchair appeared, before screaming in pain. ((End session))
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((hi))
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:26 PM
((hiiii))
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"Uh... what?"
5:27 PM
I stare at the woman. "What's happening? Who are you?" (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:28 PM
Harriet stares. "You tell me who you are first!"
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"I'm... Marco Gould!"
5:29 PM
"Not that it matters. Again, who are you?"
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"Who are you talking to?" Johnner.
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:32 PM
"What???"
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"Oh. I'm talking to that woman in the wheelchair." I point to her.
5:32 PM
"Why is she here?"
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He doesn't seem amused. "Goodnight." He walked away.
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"Is it?"
5:33 PM
"..."
5:34 PM
"Uh, what was I saying? Why are you here?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:34 PM
"Uh.. I'm Harriet. And.. I don't know. I'm sorry, I'm just.. really confused. Fuck."
5:35 PM
"Why are you... why are we... in prison?"
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"I don't know."
5:35 PM
"You just appeared here. Don't you know where you were?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:36 PM
"I was at a friend's house. Why don't you know why you're in prison? Aren't they supposed to put you on trial before they lock you up?"
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"Trial?"
5:37 PM
"I don't actually remember anything that happened before I woke up here."
5:37 PM
"The group that put me in this 'prison' removed my memory."
5:39 PM
I hesitate. "If you remember where you were, don't you know why you're in prison? Shouldn't you still have your memory?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:40 PM
"I don't know anything! I was at someone's house, and now I'm here. Is this some conspiracy bullshit? Am I being recorded?"
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"I don't know!"
5:41 PM
"Can you stand?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:42 PM
"No. That's why I have a wheelchair."
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"...Then now what are you doing?" (edited)
5:44 PM
"Do you have a way out of here?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:47 PM
"No. I don't... know any more than you do."
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"Are you sure?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:49 PM
"Yes! Oh my god."
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"I'm just supposed to sleep, then. Is that okay? Are you going to get in my way?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:54 PM
"What? What do you mean, you're supposed to sleep?"
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"That's what he told me. 'Sleep well', and repeat my name to myself before I fall asleep."
5:56 PM
"I don't have any better ideas."
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 5:58 PM
"I.. alright. I guess I can try and sleep too. God, this is so weird..."
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"Can you sleep sitting on that thing? Won't it be too uncomfortable?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 6:01 PM
"I can sleep while sitting down, it's fine."
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i look skeptical. "Okay."
6:02 PM
"Fine. Let's just try to sleep here now."
6:03 PM
"You first?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 6:04 PM
"Alright." Harriet leans back and closes her eyes. Tries to think of nothing.
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I watch her.
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Harriet realizes the concept of tiredness seems to no longer exist for her.
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 6:07 PM
Harriet jerks to alertness. "Fuck. Okay, that's not working."
6:08 PM
"You said you could."
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Harriet Kadin 10/22/2022 6:09 PM
"Okay, well, now I can't. Why don't you try?"
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"...Uh, I suppose I can."
6:13 PM
I lay on the mattress face-up and start to mutter to myself. "My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould. My name is Marco Gould."
6:14 PM
I slowly lower in volume as I let the chant drift into my thoughts, and attempt to sleep.
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Marco falls asleep. This somehow makes Harriet lose consciousness. The chapter ends for both.
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6: Altered Grounds
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:08 PM
"Where the fuck am I."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:15 PM
"...Ah. You're here."
2:15 PM
I smile wryly. "How do you feel?" (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:17 PM
Harriet groans. "My head hurts."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:21 PM
"Naturally." I drag myself up to my feet and step up to Harriet. "And for what reason do you believe you're here?" (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:23 PM
Harriet rubs her forehead and finds it sticky with sweat. "I don't know. Do I need a reason? I don't understand anything better than you do."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:26 PM
"That's funny. In that case, I'd expect you to be a little more upset."
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Harriet starts crying uncontrollably.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:28 PM
I laugh. "That's more fitting."
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:30 PM
"Wait, what?" Harriet says through the tears. "I'm not doing that."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:32 PM
"Not doing what?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:36 PM
"The crying," Harriet says, crying.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:39 PM
"You're in denial. Just as victims like you always are, no?" (edited)
2:40 PM
"I can see you crying. How could tears be streaming down your face if you aren't? That's impossible."
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:43 PM
"I'm not a victim. I'm a strong person! I'm strong. It's not me doing this. It's not me. It's someone else. I wouldn't do that! I wouldn't. I'm strong."
2:44 PM
Harriet tries to wipe her tears away.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:47 PM
"You're strong? Aren't you disabled?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:49 PM
"Like! Emotionally! Metaphorically! Also, shut the fuck up."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:50 PM
"That's awfully prudish of you."
2:51 PM
"Who do you think is in control? Who do you think has power here?"
2:52 PM
"Answer me."
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 2:59 PM
Harriet stares up at him. She remembers Carl's pathetic, slack face. The cold rumble of Shuichi's voice from beyond the door. She's strong, right? She's brave, right? Not just disabled eye candy, right? Sarah would know how to handle this situation, probably. Anyone other than Harriet wouldn't make themselves a worthless fucking pitybait cripple, jerked around by forces she doesn't understand, never brave, never smart, never strong. "You, I guess."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:04 PM
"Exactly. So if I say you're not strong, you're not strong."
3:04 PM
"Ahh... what should I be doing today?" I think to myself.
3:07 PM
I walk up to the door out and pull it open.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:12 PM
I follow.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:12 PM
I step through.
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Beyond the door is a living room with a mini-kitchen area. On one side of the table in the middle is an in-progress game of chess. On the other end is this girl, chugging beer.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:18 PM
Harriet frowns. "Hello?"
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No reaction.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:19 PM
I smirk and approach the ongoing Chess game.
3:19 PM
"Good morning. May I join?"
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There is no one AT the chess game the pieces are just laid out.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:19 PM
Oh.
3:20 PM
I head to the mini-kitchen area and look for some food.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:21 PM
Harriet rolls up to the girl and attempts to wave her hand in front of her face.
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There is food in the kitchen area. The girl does not react to Harriet.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:22 PM
I grab some food, take a seat, and start eating.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:23 PM
Harriet pinches the girl's cheek.
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She looks around in confusion.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:27 PM
"Hello? Are you okay?" (edited)
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No reaction.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:30 PM
Harriet thinks for a second, before letting out a low groan of irritation. She slaps the beer can out of the girl's hand and waits for a reaction.
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She gets up, and glances around in confusion. She eventually looks at Marco. "…You’re Marco right?"
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:32 PM
"Right."
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"You doing something?"
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:33 PM
"Eating."
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"No, I mean like…" She gestures vaguely.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:34 PM
Harriet begins screaming very loudly.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:34 PM
"..."
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She doesn’t react.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:35 PM
"Okay, I see what's going on here. Ha ha, very funny, the disabled girl doesn't exist."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:36 PM
I'm mildly amused.
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Harriet is unable to open her mouth now.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:39 PM
I go to grab a drink, gulp it down and sit down again.
3:39 PM
"...What are you doing?" I say this to the pink-haired girl.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:39 PM
Harriet wheels herself over to the fridge and begins slamming the door open and closed.
3:39 PM
Loudly.
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"Is this place possessed now or somethin'?" The girl.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:41 PM
Harriet grabs Marco's drink and attempts to throw it in his face.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:43 PM
"Ah. It's nothing."
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Harriet is forced to stop 'being annoying' and throws herself on the floor.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:47 PM
Harriet stares blankly at the ground. This is what you get, right? This is what you're supposed to be, right? Mute, blind, dumb, nothing, watching as fucking men make power plays and flirt with insipid women for the rest of time. Is this hell? This has to be hell.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:49 PM
"So... what was I saying? What's going on today with you?"
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"The others left to do stuff, but I didn’t feel like going." She picks up her beer can and throws it at the trash can. She misses completely.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:53 PM
"Ah. What are they doing?"
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Harriet crawls over to the can, and throws it into the trash.
3:54 PM
"I dunno."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:57 PM
I sigh. "How are you going to pass the time by yourself on a day like this?"
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She thinks about it for a moment. "Beer's the goal right now."
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 3:59 PM
Harriet bangs her head against the ground. Is this an externalization of what I really want? To be helpless? To be at anyone else's mercy? Harriet smashes her nose wide open.
3:59 PM
This is so fucked up. Why am I thinking this???
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:59 PM
"Won't you run out?"
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"I’ll get some at… The store."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:00 PM
"You know... I'm at a loss for ideas today."
4:00 PM
"How about we go together, and I'll 'foot' the bill?" (edited)
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"What?"
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:01 PM
"What?"
4:01 PM
"I can be generous."
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:02 PM
Okay, calm down. There's. An explanation for this, surely. Harriet begins to cry.
4:02 PM
Oh what the fuck.
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"I can afford beer."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:03 PM
"But you'll be wanting a lot, won't you?"
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"I can afford it. I’m the richest person in the whooooole universe."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:04 PM
"Rich, or drunk?"
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"Rich in drunkness."
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:09 PM
Still crying, snot smeared across her face, Harriet spasmodically begins to flop across the floor, attempting to make her way to where Marco and the girl are talking.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:10 PM
"Aren't you worried you might metaphorically drown in money?"
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"What?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:12 PM
Harriet begins to bang her head against the girl's chair, causing it to rattle.
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"Stop doing that…" She says this to Marco.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:16 PM
Harriet bangs more aggressively.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:18 PM
"...Ugh. Sorry about that."
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Harriet is unable to move.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:19 PM
"It'll be fine now."
4:20 PM
"By 'metaphorically drown in money', I mean 'die'."
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"What?"
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:23 PM
"As in, from overdrinking. That could kill you."
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"I’ll take my chances."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:24 PM
"You should be more careful with your life, you know. It has value."
4:25 PM
"A young woman like yourself shouldn't waste herself away like this."
4:25 PM
"Don't you think so?"
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"Are you flirtin' with me?"
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:27 PM
"...And what of it?"
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"I’m gonna slit your fucking… Throat."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:27 PM
I chuckle.
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She takes out a knife.
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:29 PM
From her position of stillness, Harriet mouthes "yeah!!!!!!!! kill him!!!"
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:30 PM
I frown. "Uh... hey!"
4:30 PM
I look in my pockets for anything usable as a weapon.
4:31 PM
"You should really... have a rest. That beer's taking its toll on you! Haha!"
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"…Coward." She chugs another beer.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:31 PM
"Hey! I'm not a coward! If you want a fight, I'll...!" (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:32 PM
Harriet feels a surge of sudden remorse. Why would she say something like that? She's a good person, with zero pathologies whatsoever, and good people don't threaten violence against innocent men. Really, isn't she fulfilling a stereotype in her own right? Undue aggression towards men, hatred of her social status.. some real high-quality dykery, here.
4:32 PM
Harriet frowns. Why the fuck did she just think that.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:33 PM
"...Give you one! You know I will!" (edited)
4:33 PM
I awkwardly chew on some remaining food.
4:35 PM
I then get up and check the mini-kitchen. How much alcohol is there?
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There’s a full pack of beer, and an almost empty one.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:43 PM
I grab the full pack and bring it to my table.
4:44 PM
I then grab a beer and start pretending to drink.
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"Thief."
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:45 PM
"Is there a problem? You're free to come over and take some."
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:45 PM
Harriet attempts to bite the girl's leg.
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She winces in pain. "Huh?"
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:55 PM
((It's 5:00 so I have to leave. If you'd like to continue the scene we can say that Harriet falls unconscious due to banging her head against the ground one too many times.))
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((Nah we can pause))
4:55 PM
((Funny session))
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:56 PM
((Great session)) (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 10/30/2022 4:56 PM
((yeah))
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She winces in pain. "Huh?"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:05 PM
I put the beer down and look at her. "...Are you okay?"
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"I’m fine." She kicks at Harriet but it quite literally just goes through her.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:12 PM
((@Harriet Kadin….2!!!!!!!!!?))
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 1:16 PM
((sorry, was driving))
1:16 PM
Harriet stares down in disbelief before attempting to bite the girl again.
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The girl keeps trying to kick back at Harriet, but it continues to just phase through her.
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 1:17 PM
Harriet attempts to speak.
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Harriet can speak.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:19 PM
"Ugh. Are you sure you don't want to come sit next to me?"
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 1:21 PM
Harriet opens her mouth to talk, but is suddenly overwhelmed with a sensation of intense guilt again. Seriously, what is she doing, interfering with... whatever this is? And mentally calling her insipid, Harriet, that's pretty fucked. Pretty sure you should just lie down on the ground and curl up into a pile of garbage. Harriet begins crying again instead.
1:21 PM
Uh. What.
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"Stop hassling me!"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:23 PM
"is that a real word?"
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"Of course it is!"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:27 PM
"What does it mean?"
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"Harassing me!"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:33 PM
"Oh, I just thought, since you seemed so lonely by yourself, you... would... appreciate a conversation?"
1:34 PM
I sigh and start pretending to drink again.
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"Nah."
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 1:35 PM
Harriet laughs at him.
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This girl walks in.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:36 PM
I wave at her. "Good morning."
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"Oh, good. You 2 aren’t at each other's throats yet." The new girl.
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 1:41 PM
"HELP." Harriet says loudly.
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Neither of them react.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:41 PM
"What?" I glare at Harriet.
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"Well, you know… Whatever." The new girl sits next to Marco. "Let’s just avoid letting you 2 talk too much."
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:43 PM
I pout. "How low do you think of me?"
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((For Harriet purposes please remember that he has no face to pout with))
1:45 PM
"Uh, no clue yet, really." The new girl.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:46 PM
"...What's your name?"
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"Eryn." Eryn.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:52 PM
"What are you doing here today, Eryn?"
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"In what sense?" Eryn. (edited)
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:55 PM
"Well... it's rather empty here. Why aren't you with the others?"
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"They’re just getting Ha- Someone. Don’t worry about it. They’ll be here soon." Eryn. (edited)
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 1:58 PM
"Bah."
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"Why are you pretending to drink beer, by the way?" Eryn. (edited)
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:00 PM
"I- what? I'm not pretending!"
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"The can isn’t even open." Eryn. (edited)
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:04 PM
"Huh?" I look down at the can lid. "How the hell did you notice that?"
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"By looking at it?" Eryn.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:06 PM
"Whatever. I didn't want to be drunk. It messes with the mind, you know?"
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"Paranoid much?"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:09 PM
"How long until this 'Ha' arrives, anyway? I don't have much to waste my time away with here."
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:09 PM
Harriet attempts to knock the can over.
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"Should be here any second now." Eryn. The can is knocked over.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:12 PM
I pick up the can and throw it at the trash.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:15 PM
((11))
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It misses, and rolls away.
2:17 PM
Harriet crawls over and throws the can in the trash.
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:18 PM
"Oh for fuck's sake." Says Harriet.
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"…What?" Eryn. "Did that just… Move?"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:18 PM
"Nailed it."
2:19 PM
"Oh, that was probably the wind. Did you leave the door open?"
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:19 PM
Harriet shakes away the now-similar sensation of having her body taken over for nefarious purposes and attempts to crawl herself towards Marco. "Hey, asshole, have you considered acknowledging me?" She hisses, before slamming her face compulsively onto the table and beginning to bleed.
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No blood exits Harriet’s body.
2:20 PM
Despite the fact it obviously should.
2:20 PM
"What? No. What?" Eryn. "He’s like magically annoying." The girl.
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:20 PM
"That's weird," says Harriet dizzily, before slamming herself against the table again.
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Eryn gets up. "Okay, just… What the hell is happening?"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:21 PM
I chuckle. "...What's wrong?"
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:23 PM
Harriet crawls over to the trash can and tries to tip it over, then slaps herself for doing so.
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"Oh come on, you’re not blind, are you?" Eryn.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:26 PM
"It's just a bin. Maybe there's some weird setup in the floor."
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"How would that even work?" Eryn.
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:26 PM
Harriet begins throwing garbage everywhere. (edited)
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:29 PM
"Maybe... an electric bin, and some kind of suction technology?"
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:30 PM
Harriet grabs Eryn's legs and attempts to pull her to the ground.
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Harriet stops and tries to get inside the can. She somehow phases through the sides and is now headfirst in garbage.
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:31 PM
"WHAT."
2:32 PM
"Great metaphor, guys." Harriet says, icily. "Not on the nose at all, or anything."
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:32 PM
Shut up.
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((I can’t tell which way this message is read))
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:33 PM
((it's a normal thought))
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:34 PM
Harriet, once again, feels that horrible stirring of remorse. She's a really bad person, right? Infringing on someone else's sense of self like that. Really, in invisibly tormenting all of these people, she's proving herself no better than them. Then Harriet immediately wonders why the fuck she had that thought in the first place.
2:34 PM
Harriet attempts to remove the garbage from her person.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:35 PM
"Uh... what else could it be, anyway? A magic trash can?" (edited)
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Harriet can do this. "I dunno, that’s why I’m asking you." Eryn. (edited)
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:38 PM
I look at the beer drinker. "Ask her instead."
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:38 PM
Harriet drags herself into the corner to sulk.
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"She’s like… Insane." Eryn.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:41 PM
"Is she?"
2:41 PM
"Well, if anyone's going to have the right perspective on floating trash, it'll be an insane person."
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"No, no… I don’t think that’s true in any way."
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:41 PM
"I think it is true in any way."
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Eryn just stares at him dumbfounded for a moment.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:42 PM
I laugh.
2:44 PM
"Besides, she's drunk, so that might counter out the insanity."
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"Okay, I guess you’re just insane too." She left through another door.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:46 PM
"I am not!"
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"Are too." The girl.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:47 PM
"I'm saner than you."
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"That’s fair." The girl.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:50 PM
"Why would you think you're not sane?"
2:51 PM
"Insane people think they're sane."
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"I’m like… The least sane person ever. Mental illness full bingo, y'know?"
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 2:52 PM
"Cheers," says Harriet weakly.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:53 PM
"You seem pretty lucid right now."
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"I’ll slice you up like a birthday cake, you fucking piece of shit…"
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:55 PM
"How?"
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"With a knife.”
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:57 PM
"But 'like a birthday cake'? I'm not shaped like a cake."
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"It’s a metaphor. Because those are cut a lot."
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Harriet Kadin 11/5/2022 3:00 PM
((hey, sorry, it's 3 so i gotta go. rlly sorry abt the short session today :/))
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((It was funny))
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 3:00 PM
((yeah))
3:00 PM
((cya!))
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"It’s a metaphor. Because those are cut a lot."
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Harriet Kadin 11/19/2022 2:14 PM
Harriet groans and flops listlessly around like a beached fish.
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:15 PM
"...But only to be eaten."
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"I don’t mind eating."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:21 PM
"Do you suppose I'd taste good?"
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Harriet Kadin 11/19/2022 2:23 PM
"Holy shit, shut up."
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"Not really."
2:24 PM
Jeff Johnner and this guy suddenly enter the room. ((Channel split))
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Marco Gould wakes up in his bedroom inside THE MAFIA BASE. This is completely normal because he lives here. The place isn’t too furnished, mostly just a bunch of lame expensive trinkets. This is all completely normal. Marco also remembers at this point that Harriet Kadin exists and that he can manipulate her like a puppet and this is his special cool ability only he knows.
2:06 PM
((Harriet Kadin is here too so we’re going to that channel.)) (edited)
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 2:26 PM
I try to make Harriet cry.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:34 PM
I make Harriet shut her mouth.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:42 PM
I make Harriet stop trying to be annoying and roll out onto the floor.
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((What floor))
3:43 PM
((Like just. Throw herself on the floor? Or roll out of the room))
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:43 PM
((throw herself onto the floor))
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 3:51 PM
I make Harriet crawl over and throw the can in the trash, obviously.
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Marco Gould 10/30/2022 4:18 PM
I make her stop moving.
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((Saturday))
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:17 PM
I make Harriet crawl over and throw this can in the trash.
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Marco Gould 11/5/2022 2:28 PM
I make Harriet stop and just crawl into the can. (edited)
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((No session this week)) (edited)
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((Saturday))
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Harriet returns to the non-sentient doll state.
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:25 PM
"Good morning."
2:26 PM
"Jeff, and... who is that man?"
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"…Gordon." Gordon. "Why are you fighting her already?" Jeff.
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:30 PM
"Uh... hah! We're not fighting, just bickering, you know?"
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"Those are the same word." Jeff sighed. "Marco… Right?"
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:35 PM
"Of course. The one and only."
2:39 PM
"Have you brought back whoever-it-was?"
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"No. Ethfan bailed on us." He moved toward another door. "Marco, come with me."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:45 PM
Ethfan...? "Yes, Jeff." I get up and walk over to him.
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He went through the door, leading to a small office. He opened up the window.
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:47 PM
I follow and look out the window.
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It’s a busy parking lot.
2:47 PM
"How much do you remember?" He shuts the door.
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:48 PM
"How much do I... remember?"
2:49 PM
I think through my memory. "I'm Marco Gould. I live here at this mafia base and you're Jeff Johnner and..." (edited)
2:49 PM
"Uh... why wouldn't I remember anything? I feel perfectly normal." (edited)
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"Don’t worry about it." He takes out a second cigarette, before looking at ???'s face. "…Nevermind." He puts it away.
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:52 PM
I'm puzzled. "Is there something on me?"
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"How do you feel about… All of this."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:55 PM
"As in... what?"
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"As in… The mafia."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 2:59 PM
"...Well. I live here. We do cool things, like... launder money, and kill people. You know, normal things."
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"…So you just find it cool?"
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:03 PM
"It is cool, right? Don't you feel the same way?"
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"Not really. I don’t think I’ve ever done a single 'cool' thing in my life."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:10 PM
"But... it's normal. It's what you do. You'd be sick if you didn't enjoy it."
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"I do it because I have to. I don’t consider my actions normal or good. But they’re necessary."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:24 PM
"But of course it's normal if you 'have to' do it."
3:24 PM
"I don't understand what you're saying."
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"The boss, you know anything about him?"
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:30 PM
"The boss..." I scratch my head. "Who?"
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"Yeah, good. No one gets to know who he is. That was a test. But my point is, this is for him."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:37 PM
"And... why would you do something for someone you don't even know the name of?"
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"I know who he is. Just not you."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:49 PM
"Okay, but still, you're a different person. You don't have to do anything for him."
3:50 PM
"What would he do to you otherwise?"
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"…Do you believe in god?"
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:51 PM
"Who? No?"
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"No? That’s a shame… I’ve always been a man of god. …It helps the soul."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 3:57 PM
"Tell me why." (edited)
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"I’m not sure you’d understand. Empathy is a trait most humans have to learn young."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:03 PM
"What? No, but... I don't know who 'god' is."
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"God is… Well, that’s a very debated topic, but to me he’s… The perfect person. Someone who the universe revolves around. In a sense, his actions decide what’s right and wrong."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:08 PM
"That doesn't make sense. The universe revolves around me. I can't see through the eyes of someone else called 'god'."
4:09 PM
"What's he done, anyway?"
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"That’s a narcissistic viewpoint. We’re all pawns in his game. I may lack the sense to not call myself a messiah, but I can acknowledge the world exists beyond me."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:14 PM
"Of course the world exists beyond me? I can see. I'm not blind."
4:15 PM
"I don't want to do anything to be a 'pawn' in someone else's game, obviously. I'm normal, not a slave to some crazy belief like that."
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He sighed, exhaling a puff of smoke. "…Whatever you say. But see, I’m not really the same there. I don’t trust my words alone to decide what’s right and wrong."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:24 PM
"I don't trust my 'words', I trust my feelings and what I see."
4:24 PM
"If I walk into a pit of spikes, that's bad. If I eat food while I'm starving, that's good. It's not complicated."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:42 PM
"I'm not interested in joining some cult of worship, anyway. Is there any reason you called me here?"
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"…I’m getting to that."
4:47 PM
"Knowing that I’m working for a god, it makes me feel a lot better about my actions. Usually I can get by just following orders. He says to do this, I do it. He says not to do this, I don’t do it. …Usually."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:48 PM
"Usually?"
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"Recently, I lost someone close. I was following his orders and yet… I lost you."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:50 PM
"...Me?"
4:50 PM
"Well, you found me. I'm right here."
4:54 PM
"Maybe that'll show you not to keep trusting that 'god'?"
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"You wouldn’t understand. The point is, I failed. And then I stopped listening, chasing your killer. I want to stop… I don’t want this regret anymore. I want you to… Forgive me."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 4:56 PM
"'Forgive' you? For what?"
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"For failing you."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 5:01 PM
"I don't remember being lost. As far as I'm aware, I live here and I always have. So, sure. I 'forgive' you. Whatever you did doesn't matter now."
5:01 PM
I smile. "Are we done?"
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He smiled, tears descending from his eyes. "Yeah. We’re done."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 5:03 PM
"Great." I wait a moment and look back at the door. "What now?"
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"Now we wait for orders. Goodnight, Marco."
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 5:06 PM
"Goodnight." I step out of the office.
5:07 PM
I look around for Harriet in the eating room.
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Harriet is still on the floor.
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Marco Gould 11/19/2022 5:10 PM
I walk into my bedroom and make Harriet follow me along.
5:12 PM
"...Time to get some sleep, I suppose? That was a weirdly... eventful uneventful day."
5:13 PM
"What time is it, anyway? Bah, it's not like it matters. I have nothing else to do."
5:13 PM
I close the door, get in my bed, and try to get a little rest. (edited)
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??? falls asleep. ((The chapter ends.))
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7: Associated Gangsters
πŸ‘Ž 3
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Avengard / unknown
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??? wakes up in Marco Gould's room the next morning.
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I sit up. "...Ahhh." I then try to recall where I am.
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No memories.
3:45 PM
Ehn appears. "Morning, Marco! Well, it's 3AM, but close enough."
3:46 PM
"Um... what the hell are you supposed to be? Am I dreaming?"
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"Doesn't matter. Just making sure we're in Marco mode right now."
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"'Marco mode'? No, seriously, what are you talking about? I'm a human, not some weird machine."
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"What's your name?"
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"I... don't remember?"
4:02 PM
"That is strange. But didn't you just call me Marco?"
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"Okay, just take a quick nap and then keep telling yourself your name is Marco Gould as you go to sleep." Your name is still definitely not Marco Gould.
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"Exactly what is that going to do for me?"
4:06 PM
I stand up. "I don't know what you are, but I don't intend on letting you push me around without getting a word of my own in."
4:07 PM
"If you don't intend on explaining anything, I'll kindly ask you to leave and figure this out myself."
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"If you do it, I'll give you a prize when you wake up. How about that?"
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"What could you give me? You don't have opposable thumbs."
4:14 PM
"For all I know, you could be planning to kill me in my sleep."
4:17 PM
I look around the room and my person for a weapon of some kind.
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"Fine. Just say it once. 'I am Marco Gould'."
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"Fine. It won't change anything. Here: I am Marco Gould."
4:21 PM
"Are you satisfied?"
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A piece of roof falls on ??? and knocks them out.
4:25 PM
Marco Gould wakes up several hours later on the floor,
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 4:28 PM
I put my head to my head. "Aaaah..."
4:28 PM
"Ugh. What... happened?"
4:28 PM
I look around the room for anything out-of-place.
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The room is normal. No strange animals are in sight.
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 4:40 PM
"Agh. What the hell am I doing on the floor?"
4:41 PM
I push myself up to my feet. "...Man, my head hurts. Did I get hit with a brick last night?"
4:42 PM
"Whatever. I want a drink." I slowly step over to the door and out of the room.
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Jeff, the drunk woman, and Gordon are all in the common room.
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 4:54 PM
I grab a non-alcoholic beverage and sit down.
4:55 PM
"Good morning, sirs."
4:55 PM
I start drinking.
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"Marco, you’re up." Johnner. "Good. Then we can get down to business."
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 4:57 PM
"Finally."
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"Gordon, you’re reasonable. Down to earth. You’ll go with Marco."
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:10 PM
"Mhm."
5:10 PM
"So... what are we doing today, actually?"
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"Hav Kerloe. Bring him here. You know who he is?"
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:18 PM
"No?"
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"Fish store owner. He’s harmless, so don’t hurt him back. Just bring him here."
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:22 PM
"Mhm."
5:22 PM
"'Harmless'? This isn't going to be boring, is it?"
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"Boring? It’s work, Marco."
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:23 PM
"Sure, but... it feels like I haven't had anything exciting to do for a lifetime. You know?"
5:24 PM
"Heh. Don't worry. I've got this in the bag."
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"Good. Get to it, then."
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:31 PM
"Now?" I put down the drink and get to my feet. "Do you know the directions to his place, Gordon?" (edited)
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"Yeah, follow me." Gordon leaves.
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:32 PM
I follow him.
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They're in the mall of Avengard.
5:33 PM
Gordon leads the way out of the building.
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:34 PM
I continue to follow him.
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((Pausing it here because idk what's happening with mvdy))
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Marco Gould 12/10/2022 5:37 PM
((got it))
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They arrive at Kerloe Fishery, which has been largely blown to ash. The walls and structure of building remain solid, but the inside is a destroyed mess. The front has been sealed off with yellow police tape, but someone seems to have made an opening through it already. Gordon enters.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:21 PM
"What the hell happened here...?"
2:21 PM
"Harsh stuff." I enter the building.
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He doesn't face ???. "Look around. There could be some indication of where he is."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:26 PM
I look around.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:28 PM
((8))
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Nothing.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:29 PM
"Hey! Hav Kerloe? I know you're here! Come out!"
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"Try to feel the walls for secret doors, or something." He doesn't sound confident.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:30 PM
"Isn't this a fishery?"
2:30 PM
I try to feel the walls for secret doors.
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The second ??? gets close to the wall, Gordon pins him to it, and restrains his arms. "I don't work with amateurs. You may think you're the legendary 'Marco Gould', but you're nothing like him. And I'm not going to let a loose cannon like you run around thinking he knows what to do. I'm not in the market for pointless death."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:33 PM
"Wh-what?"
2:34 PM
"What the fuck are you talking about? I am Marco Gould! And the only things I've done are what you've asked me to do!"
2:34 PM
I attempt to push him back.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:34 PM
((12))
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??? breaks free, and Gordon stumbles back. "Oh yeah, and why'd you listen, 'Marco'? You don't answer to any kind of code. You're a child with a gun and a suit, so you think you're special. But you can't grow up." Gordon's tone is stern but his expression continues to be dull and blank.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:51 PM
"Are you going insane? I listened because I didn't have any better ideas. We're supposed to be a team, remember?"
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"Better ideas than what? This accomplishes nothing for you."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:53 PM
"Are you even listening to me? I didn't have any better ideas than what you told me to do. You gain nothing by trying to double-cross me on a mission to find a harmless store owner. I work here, and I've always worked here, and you've worked with me." I grab my gun and aim it at him.
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??? isn’t actually carrying a gun. "I’m not double crossing you. I’m giving you a warning: Don’t be an idiot. I’ve got no reason to trust you."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:57 PM
"I am not an idiot."
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"Try simple math. What’s 9 + 10?" ??? doesn’t know.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 2:59 PM
"Um......."
2:59 PM
"Is that a trick question?"
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"No, it’s simple math. You’re just an idiot. Your brain's tricked you into thinking you know anything, but all you can do is intuit simple concepts and let them run wild. You’re not a real person, you’re a caricature."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:04 PM
"Oh yeah? And do you know what... the... division of Brazil is?"
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"In what sense?"
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:06 PM
"The simple math sense." (edited)
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"Brazil isn’t a number. It’s a country. And you can’t divide using only 1 number, you need what it’s divided by." He sighs. "The point is, you aren’t trustworthy, because you aren’t a rational person. You haven’t lived long enough to develop any kind of ideology, or code… You just do whatever you feel like. That’s dangerous."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:14 PM
"I do what I want, not what I feel like. I'm not an overemotional fool. My decisions are based on rational reasoning."
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"Rational reasoning is built on experience. If you don’t know anything, logic is nothing more than guesswork."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:16 PM
"I have years of experience. I know that grass is green. I know that the sky is blue, and ground is grey. I know that your name is Gordon. I know that my name is Marco Gould. I know how to say all of these words. Would a child know that?" (edited)
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"They’re basic observations. You could and did gather those in a single day."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:22 PM
"It only took a day to gather all of them, but my learning of them was spread out over more than one day."
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"No it wasn’t. You saw the sky, you saw the ground, you saw grass, and Johnner told you both of our names."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:25 PM
"Yes, but I've been alive for more than one day. I've seen the sky, ground, and grass before."
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"We don’t have time for your stubbornness. Just face the facts, and move on."
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:27 PM
I step closer to him. "Why should I trust a man who just shoved me to the wall and who is now blabbering nonsense to my face on this mission?"
3:27 PM
"I have half a mind to knock you out right now and get on with this by myself."
3:27 PM
"Give me one reason I should trust you."
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"…I knew it." He sighs. "If we’re supposed to be a team and you have your memories, don’t you think we’d have formed enough memories to trust each other?"
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:29 PM
"I could say the same to you."
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"…You can’t say I didn’t try. But I guess children tend to be pretty stubborn." He punches you.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:31 PM
I punch him back.
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He tries to tackle you.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:32 PM
I try to dodge.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:32 PM
((12))
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??? is tackled to the ground.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:35 PM
"Get off of me! You...!" I try to push him off.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:36 PM
((2))
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??? is still caught on the ground. Gordon punches them in the face.
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:40 PM
"AAA" Fuck. Uh. I try to roll him off. I guess. (edited)
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 12/16/2022 3:44 PM
((5))
3:45 PM
((I don't think Marco is going to win this one i'm sorry)) (edited)
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??? is still pinned down.
3:45 PM
Hav Kerloe walks in.
3:45 PM
((End session))
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((In EXACTLY 1 minute you can start))
12:01 PM
Gordon is currently on top of ??? and punching them.
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[inner monologue] It's the person my brother told me to avoid... But, there's nothing I can do if he's in the store. If I think about it, I'm surprised this person wasn't here before. They clearly don't remember me or know who I am, but they are drawn to a place like this. I've created the perfect opportunity for someone like this to fully dismiss themselvesβ€”to achieve freedom. I know that if my brother just got to meet this person, he would understand. Maybe them showing up again is a good thing after all... "Um, excuse me?" (edited)
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Gordon looks back at Hav.
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I look at him. "Help me! This maniac won't get off of me!"
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"You shouldn't be fighting in the store..."
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"So throw him out!"
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Gordon gets up, making sure to keep ??? down as he does. "There is no store."
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"What do you mean? You're in it right now..."
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I try again to throw Gordon off of me.
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((Roll))
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((11))
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??? breaks free.
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I kick at Gordon.
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((Roll))
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((9))
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[inner monologue] This isn't good... I can't have an incident like this in the store, that could be bad, and not just for business. My brother said to not bring attention to myself, and this seems like a way to deny his wishes. I can't call for helpβ€”I'll have to hope this is resolved quickly and peacefully. (edited)
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??? misses. "Just get out of here. I’ll handle Hav." Gordon throws a punch at ???.
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"Agh! I am not trusting you with this!"
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((Could you describe Marco Gould aka ???'s appearance at the moment)) (edited)
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((Same as every other time you’ve seen him))
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I throw a punch back.
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"You’re the amateur here. I leave him to you, you’ll get him killed."
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"I'm the amateur? You're the one who started this completely unnecessary fight."
12:17 PM
"Get out. Now."
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"You can’t order me around."
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"You don't need to leave, as long as you don't fight..."
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"I can order you around, and I just did."
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"Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect?"
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"No??"
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"It means that the dumber you are, the more you think you know everything." He punches ???.
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I try to jump him.
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((Roll))
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((8))
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??? fails.
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"Aagah! I'm a fighter, not a mathematician, you idiot!"
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"Then why do you keep failing?"
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"You can be a fighter outside of the store."
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"What the hell are you doing, whoever you are? Get that guy out!"
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"That is Hav."
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"It is? What the hell are you doing, Hav?" (edited)
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"I'm going to work. This is my job. I own the store."
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"This isn't working. Help me get him out."
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"I cannot attempt to cause harm to my customers."
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"He is not a customer. He isn't going to buy anything."
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"Anyone here is a customer, whether they spend money or not."
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"Okay, listen, Hav." I get up and walk closer to him. "I need you to come with me. There's something very important I need you for."
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"Yes, of course."
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"Absolutely not." Gordon steps in between the 2.
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"Shut up."
12:39 PM
I punch him.
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((Roll))
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((17))
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It hits.
12:47 PM
Gordon punches back.
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"Ugh. Why isn't it working...?"
12:53 PM
I grab Hav's fist and try to punch Gordon with it.
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I let you do this.
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((Roll))
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((Me too?))
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((No))
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((12))
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It misses. Gordon grabs ??? by the collar. "Stop it."
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:00 PM
"I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing. You're only getting in my way."
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He sighs, and then tosses ??? to the side casually. "Come on, Hav. We have to go."
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"Hmm?"
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"Just come with me."
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"Why?"
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"Because the boss wants to see you."
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"I'm the owner of this establishment."
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"Not the boss of here. Our boss. Jeff Johnner."
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"I'm sorry, but I'm busy."
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"No. You’re not."
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"😐"
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"Come on, Hav."
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"Would you like to order anything while you're here?"
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:07 PM
I slowly get to my feet, groaning. I then look around the store for anything large I could throw or otherwise anything I could use as a weapon.
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"Do you even have fish in the building?"
1:07 PM
The store has literally nothing in it.
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:08 PM
I look for any exits besides the one I came through.
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"That's a good point... I'll need to contact my supplier... I apologize for the inconvenience, and I appreciate you stopping by regardless."
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???
I look for any exits besides the one I came through.
There are none.
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:10 PM
"..." I watch them talk.
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Gordon grabs Hav by the arm. "I’m sure the boss can hook you up with a supplier, or something."
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"Oh, really? That would be a big help. Thank you."
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:14 PM
I try to sneak out of the store.
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Gordon also goes to leave, with Hav.
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I follow.
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Everyone is outside on the road now.
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:18 PM
I look for anything usable as a weapon around the road.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:21 PM
((18))
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??? finds a discarded knife.
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:25 PM
I grab the knife and lunge for Gordon's neck with it. (edited)
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He pulls out a gun and aims it at ???. If ??? is still lunging, he fires. (edited)
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:28 PM
I continue to lunge, of course.
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??? is painfully shot in the leg and falls over.
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:31 PM
"AAAAAAAAA" (edited)
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"…Let’s go, Hav." Gordon heads off down the road.
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"Why did you shoot them? You're ruining it..."
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"Ruining it?"
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"N-Nothing... Hurting people is bad, right?"
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He looks back at ??? for a moment. "…Yeah. Yeah, it is."
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I also look at Marco Gould. [inner monologue] If I were in that position, what would I do...? Letting yourself be so thoroughly denied like this. It could be seen as a sign of weakness, but it could also be seen as a sign of acceptance. If you consider the statement you're making to be a complete and total fact, then there's no need to retain it. In that case, lacking power is the logical result. It's clear that I'm nowhere near the level this person is... Despite the fact that we should be the same, there's still much that needs to be done. Perhaps, in doing this, they're taking themselves down to my level. I do not say anything, nor do I move. (edited)
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"Come on, Hav."
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[inner monologue] ...I need to get back to work. A customer might show up and be confused. "I need to get back to work. A customer might show up and be confused." (edited)
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:43 PM
"Aaaagh." I attempt to get up to my feet.
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Gordon just grabs Hav by the arm and tries to drag him.
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I try to not be dragged and instead walk back to the store.
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((Roll))
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((11))
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Hav walks back to the store.
1:49 PM
((The roll was for pichuis too))
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:51 PM
((7))
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??? can’t get up.
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:51 PM
"WAIT! Help! I can't get up!"
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I do not help.
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Gordon also does not help, and goes with Hav.
1:53 PM
((Channel split ig?))
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(( #hav-kerloe ))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:53 PM
"Aaaaaaaagh...."
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((End session because mvdy just went to bed lmao))
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Marco Gould 12/17/2022 1:54 PM
((oh lmao okay))
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Harriet Kadin's magic form appears next to Marco. ((This is not the session resuming unfortunately))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / harriet-and-unknown
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:18 PM
Harriet takes in her surroundings. "Oh shit," she says, before attempting to rush over to Marco, who was - she noticed - bleeding a lot more than anyone should be bleeding.
12:18 PM
Harriet tries to remember if her legs work in this form.
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They do not.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:19 PM
Harriet flops on the ground and crawls towards the bleeding man.
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"W-what? Is that... Harriet?"
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:23 PM
"Yes!!! Oh my god, oh my god, what did you do?!?"
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"I got shot by a maniac!" (edited)
12:24 PM
"Agh! Help me!"
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:25 PM
"Okay, well, I can't exactly carry you out!! Do you have a phone? I'm going to call 911." (edited)
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"Phone? No!"
12:26 PM
"Can you see a payphone around here?"
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:27 PM
Harriet scans her surroundings desperately. Her eyes fall on the red-haired man.
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He’s in the store with Hav right now.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:30 PM
Harriet checks to see if there's a payphone anywhere.
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((Roll))
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:32 PM
((9))
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Harriet does not find a payphone.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:34 PM
"Shit." Harriet rubs at her face roughly, then checks to see if she has a phone on her.
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She does not.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:35 PM
"I'm out of ideas." Says Harriet.
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I look around for a wheelchair.
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Harriet's wheelchair is still there.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:37 PM
Harriet begins crawling towards her wheelchair and attempts to pull herself into it.
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This happens.
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I also try to crawl towards the wheelchair and get on it.
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Harriet suddenly tries to get as far from the wheelchair as possible. (edited)
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((I fucking love hartley kaydin))
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((I hate you))
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:41 PM
"What the fuck?" Says Harriet. "That's mine, you dick!"
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"I need it more than you do!"
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??? is on the wheelchair.
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I look around the street for any other visible stores or venues.
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The place seems pretty empty right now.
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"Aaaagh."
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:43 PM
From the floor, Harriet groans.
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I try to operate the wheelchair and make my way into the fishery.
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Harriet is forced to follow after him.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:46 PM
Harriet's eyes start watering as she pulls herself, on her hands and knees, across the rough ground. Cuts open up on her hands.
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"What the hell?" The red haired man turns to ???.
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"Ghhh..."
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 12:58 PM
"Can he hear me?" Harriet says.
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No one reacts.
12:59 PM
Harriet is suddenly given the urge to trip the red haired man, whom she intuitively knows is named Gordon now for some reason.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:01 PM
I run my wheelchair into Gordon.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:01 PM
Harriet grabs Gordon's ankle.
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Gordon falls over completely. "Ow!"
1:04 PM
"Please do not fight." Hav.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:04 PM
"I've been fucking shot! That man is a monster!"
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Harriet tries to grab Gordon's gun and give it to ???.
1:05 PM
"You tried to stab me first! It’s not like I want to kill you, or anything!" Gordon.
1:06 PM
"Could you two go somewhere else, if you insist on fighting?" Hav.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:06 PM
"I had to! I had no other choice!"
1:07 PM
((does harriet have to roll or. ?))
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((I was waiting for the live onnie reaction))
1:10 PM
"How the hell did you have to? You’re flying through the air somehow, you could just head to a hospital or back to base." Gordon.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:10 PM
((sorry i just expected that because you wrote it there would be a followup))
1:10 PM
"What are we talking about," Harriet groans.
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((The follow up would be you, no? Roll ig))
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:11 PM
"A hospital? How close do you think a hospital is?"
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:12 PM
((I wasn't sure what the procedure would be if you were controlling my actions but I'll roll))
1:13 PM
((11))
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Gordon keeps the gun.
1:14 PM
"…What the hell is going on?" Gordon.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:14 PM
I step on the gun and try to then kick it away.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:15 PM
Harriet attempts to bite Gordon's ankle in hopes of him acknowledging her existence.
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((Roll to pichuis))
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:15 PM
((3 to pichuis))
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"Ghrk!" Gordon tries to kick back at Harriet but it just goes through her.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:16 PM
"Fuck," Harriet swears.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:16 PM
"Call 911, Hav!"
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"Don’t!" Gordon.
1:21 PM
Hav does not.
1:22 PM
Gordon gets back up and aims his gun at ???. "Drop this now. Don't make me shoot twice." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:24 PM
"Holy shit," Harriet says, and attempts to tackle Gordon at the waist.
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((Roll))
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:25 PM
((nat 1))
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Harriet goes right through him and falls flat on her face.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:27 PM
"Ow." Harriet groans.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:29 PM
"..."
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This person walks into the store with a gun. "Sorry about whatever knockoff fight club you're running, but I'm gonna need the hovering corpse and the guy with the deader face to drop their magic and gun."
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:32 PM
"What." Says Harriet.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:33 PM
"What?"
1:33 PM
"I don't have a gun, you moron!"
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"I was obviously talking about the other one." The new person. "Not a chance." Gordon.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:34 PM
"You're being very antagonistic towards this nice person who's trying to help you not get murdered," says Harriet, before slamming her face into the concrete again.
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No one reacts to Harriet.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:35 PM
"What are you talking about?"
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Harriet tries to disarm Gordon again. ((Roll))
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:36 PM
((8))
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"Gordon Joapajann. I can use more insulting nicknames if needed." The new person. "We'll be fine, I think." Gordon.
1:38 PM
As Harriet tries to pull the gun away from Gordon, the new person uses the opening to fire a bullet into Gordon's shoulder. Both lose the gun, which scatters across the floor.
1:39 PM
"Cool. That handles that, then. Now you stand normally." The new person points their gun at ???.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:40 PM
"I can't. I was shot in the leg!"
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The new person laughs.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:41 PM
"Who the hell are you, anyway?"
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"Just some guy/gal/thing. Don't worry about it too much." The new person.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:46 PM
Harriet, previously groping in the dark, finally opens her eyes fully. "...Alexi? What the fuck?"
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((Mvdy has to leave again sorry))
1:49 PM
((He says he'll be back soon but i assume you will have to leave before then or something?))
1:50 PM
((NEVERmind we have a bit more time apparently. I love communication it's so not annoying))
1:50 PM
'Alexi' does not react.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:50 PM
((Me too I communicate constantly))
1:50 PM
"Then call 911, just some guy/gal/thing!"
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She holds back a laugh. "That's a really weird time to laugh." Gordon.
1:52 PM
"Would you like to order something?" Hav.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 1:53 PM
"Alexi, god damn it, I know you can hear me. You can hear me, you can hear me, you promised you wouldn't leave me alone and helpless again, whimpering in my own shit like an invalid, please..." Harriet devolves into strained, incoherent mumbling, her forehead pressed against the ground.
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No reaction.
1:56 PM
"Okay, I'll be taking Gordon now. You two can stay back here and argue, or whatever." Alexi
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:57 PM
"...Uh... thank you, just."
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"Thank you for the help, officer." Hav.
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 2:01 PM
"Will someone please tell me I'm real? Come on, Alexi. I look like an agent of moral responsibility, right? I look like I could change the world. Marco? Gordon? Alexi? Anyone?"
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Gordon looks back at the gun for a moment. "You don't understand. This man is much more unhinged than I am. You can't leave these 2 together." Gordon. "For the sake of my partner, I think I'll avoid pointlessly shooting people on the word of gangsters. Her conscience is really annoying, trust me." Alexi.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 2:02 PM
"I am not unhinged. I am normal."
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"Correct." Hav.
2:06 PM
"Well, you literally don't have a face and that guy just assumed I was a cop. I don't really doubt the insane part." Alexi "I'm more trustworthy than him, by your standards. He's a gangster too, but a loose cannon. Just get him away from here and I'll comply." Gordon.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 2:07 PM
"How am I a 'loose cannon'? I don't plan to hurt anyone here. I only attacked you because you suddenly attacked me for no real reason."
2:07 PM
"You're insane! If I'm insane, you're fifty hundred times as insane as me!"
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"I don't particularly care what lunatics do. They can go kill each other as soon as I leave, I don't mind." Alexi turns to ???. "Also, for the record, you're not denying the gangster part?" (edited)
2:11 PM
((Me when I can type words))
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 2:12 PM
"I'm... yes, I'm a gangster! But a normal one!"
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"Ah, of course. The sane variety of organized crime. Do you guys hand out flowers to all the nice boys and girls?" Alexi. "What on earth are you talking about?" Gordon isn't amused.
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Ehn/PC
((Mvdy has to leave again sorry))
((Okay this is true now))
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((Are you still available, mvdy is back))
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 3:28 PM
((I am))
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Harriet Kadin 12/21/2022 4:03 PM
((I’m not, sorry))
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((Fair))
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Like Gordon, Hav too is unamused.
2:04 PM
"I’m saying I don’t really intend to debate sanity with a mobsters. Especially when they wear serial killer masks, or whatever that is." Alexi.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:20 PM
"Then just get the one who brought it up out of here!" (edited)
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"I feel like you missed the part where I was mocking you." Alexi.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:22 PM
"What?"
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"The- Whatever. Look, come this way, Gordon." Alexi. Gordon runs for the gun.
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:26 PM
Harriet scrambles for the gun in turn.
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((Roll))
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:28 PM
((15))
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Harriet's got the gun.
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:30 PM
Harriet attempts to shove it in her jacket and crawl away. (edited)
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:31 PM
"..."
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"I... I don't even... What?" Alexi. "Again?" Gordon. "Wait, does one of you also have the Harriet thing? I guess that's a fairly meaningless thing to say, but..." Alexi.
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:32 PM
"The WHAT." Says Harriet.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:39 PM
"No?"
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"The like... Invisible magic ghost. Look, it sounds dumb out loud but that gun is just floating and- Oh, whatever. Forget I said anything. Let's just do this instead of doing whatever this is." Alexi. "...Invisible magic ghost? Are all of you cursed with lunacy?" Gordon.
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:44 PM
Harriet shoots directly at the ground. (edited)
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:44 PM
"Why would you call a ghost 'the Harriet thing'?"
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"Because Harriet also had a- Oh, whatever. That's not the point. The things I am saying are perfectly normal in context. Don't lump me in with whatever the hell you guys have going on." Alexi.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:48 PM
"Okay."
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:49 PM
Harriet waves the gun frantically in the air to get someone to notice her.
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"Don't 'okay' me! If you're gonna judge me, at least be honest about it!" Alexi.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:50 PM
"Judge you for... what?"
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"Oh, yeah! Go ahead. Play dumb, you certainly have the looks for it. I assume. I didn't really have time to research whoever you are. And yes, potential ghost, I see your threat! Unfortunately I also have a gun, and 1/3 chance to get your owner if you try to shoot so don't get stupid." Alexi.
2:54 PM
Harriet drops the gun.
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:56 PM
"Fuck," Harriet swears, and goes for the gun again.
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Gordon also goes for it. ((Roll))
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 2:58 PM
((7))
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Harriet's got the gun.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:00 PM
"Why do you keep standing around while he keeps trying to get that thing?"
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"Okay, this is just getting reaaaaaally annoying." A feminine voice comes from nearby.
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Harriet Kadin 1/21/2023 3:00 PM
Harriet spontaneously begins crying. What is she thinking, holding a gun? Does she think she deserves it? She should honestly probably stick it in her mouth and pull the trigger at this fucking point. She throws it away as far as she can.
3:00 PM
"What the hell," says Harriet.
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The gun flies through the air, and hits the suit of the elusive sentasaurus in the face as it flies in through the window. ((Channel split))
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Avengard / hav-and-unknown
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"What the hell?" Gordon turns to ???.
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I say nothing.
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"Ghhh..."
1:01 PM
I run my wheelchair into Gordon.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:02 PM
((12))
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fucking. wheelchair??????
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((It is imperceptible to Hav))
1:03 PM
Gordon falls over completely. "Ow!"
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((battlergetsit))
1:03 PM
"Please do not fight."
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:04 PM
"I've been fucking shot! That man is a monster!"
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"You tried to stab me first! It’s not like I want to kill you, or anything!" Gordon.
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"Could you two go somewhere else, if you insist on fighting?" Hav. (edited)
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:06 PM
"I had to! I had no other choice!"
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"How the hell did you have to? You’re flying through the air somehow, you could just head to a hospital or back to base." Gordon.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:11 PM
"A hospital? How close do you think a hospital is?"
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"How do you think going after me's going to keep you alive!?"
1:14 PM
Gordon starts battling with the air to keep his gun. He does.
1:14 PM
"…What the hell is going on?"
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:14 PM
I step on the gun and try to then kick it away.
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This fails.
1:16 PM
"Ghrk!" Gordon starts kicking at the air for some reason.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:16 PM
"Call 911, Hav!"
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"Don’t!" Gordon.
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I do not.
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Gordon gets back up and aims his gun at ???. "Drop this now. Don't make me shoot twice." (edited)
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:29 PM
"..."
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"..."
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This person walks into the store with a gun. "Sorry about whatever knockoff fight club you're running, but I'm gonna need the hovering corpse and the guy with the deader face to drop their magic and gun."
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:32 PM
"What?"
1:33 PM
"I don't have a gun, you moron!"
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"I was obviously talking about the other one." The new person. "Not a chance." Gordon.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:35 PM
"What are you talking about?"
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I say nothing.
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"Gordon Joapajann. I can use more insulting nicknames if needed." The new person. "We'll be fine, I think." Gordon.
1:39 PM
Gordon starts to battle with the air for his gun. The new person uses this opening to shoot him in the shoulder. The gun scatters across the floor.
1:39 PM
"Cool. That handles that, then. Now you stand normally." The new person points their gun at ???.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:40 PM
"I can't. I was shot in the leg!"
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The new person laughs.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:41 PM
"Who the hell are you, anyway?"
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"Just some guy/gal/thing. Don't worry about it too much." The new person.
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((I have to GO sorry))
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:46 PM
((tell us how the train is!))
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((Why did you put today as available!!!!!))
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((I will be back soon!!! I didn't know I'd have an appointment until yesterday lol))
1:49 PM
((Wait actually I have a bit of time now we can continue))
1:50 PM
I say nothing.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:50 PM
"Then call 911, just some guy/gal/thing!"
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She holds back a laugh. "That's a really weird time to laugh." Gordon.
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"Would you like to order something?"
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"Okay, I'll be taking Gordon now. You two can stay back here and argue, or whatever." The new person.
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"Thank you for the help, officer."
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:57 PM
"...Uh... thank you, just."
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Gordon looks back at the gun for a moment. "You don't understand. This man is much more unhinged than I am. You can't leave these 2 together." Gordon. "For the sake of my partner, I think I'll avoid pointlessly shooting people on the word of gangsters. Her conscience is really annoying, trust me." The new person.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 2:02 PM
"I am not unhinged. I am normal."
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"Correct."
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"Well, you literally don't have a face and that guy just assumed I was a cop. I don't really doubt the insane part." The new person. "I'm more trustworthy than him, by your standards. He's a gangster too, but a loose cannon. Just get him away from here and I'll comply." Gordon.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 2:07 PM
"How am I a 'loose cannon'? I don't plan to hurt anyone here. I only attacked you because you suddenly attacked me for no real reason."
2:07 PM
"You're insane! If I'm insane, you're fifty hundred times as insane as me!"
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"I don't particularly care what lunatics do. They can go kill each other as soon as I leave, I don't mind." The new person turns to ???. "Also, for the record, you're not denying the gangster part?"
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 2:12 PM
"I'm... yes, I'm a gangster! But a normal one!"
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"Ah, of course. The sane variety of organized crime. Do you guys hand out flowers to all the nice boys and girls?" The new person. "What on earth are you talking about?" Gordon isn't amused.
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((Gotta go for real now be back in a. Bit))
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((Back))
3:23 PM
Like Gordon, I too am unamused.
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"I’m saying I don’t really intend to debate sanity with a mobsters. Especially when they wear serial killer masks, or whatever that is." The new person.
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I remain not saying things.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:20 PM
"Then just get the one who brought it up out of here!" (edited)
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"I feel like you missed the part where I was mocking you." The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:22 PM
"What?"
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"The- Whatever. Look, come this way, Gordon." The new person. Gordon runs for the gun.
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Hav Kerloe does not run for the gun.
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The gun is now floating for some reason.
2:31 PM
"I... I don't even... What?" The new person. "Again?" Gordon. "Wait, does one of you also have the Harriet thing? I guess that's a fairly meaningless thing to say, but..." The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:31 PM
"..."
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"..."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:39 PM
"No?"
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"The like... Invisible magic ghost. Look, it sounds dumb out loud but that gun is just floating and- Oh, whatever. Forget I said anything. Let's just do this instead of doing whatever this is." The new person. "...Invisible magic ghost? Are all of you cursed with lunacy?" Gordon.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:44 PM
"Why would you call a ghost 'the Harriet thing'?"
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The gun shoots at the ground. "Because Harriet also had a- Oh, whatever. That's not the point. The things I am saying are perfectly normal in context. Don't lump me in with whatever the hell you guys have going on." The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:47 PM
"Okay."
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"Don't 'okay' me! If you're gonna judge me, at least be honest about it!" The new person.
2:49 PM
The gun is now waving frantically.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:50 PM
"Judge you for... what?"
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"Oh, yeah! Go ahead. Play dumb, you certainly have the looks for it. I assume. I didn't really have time to research whoever you are. And yes, potential ghost, I see your threat! Unfortunately I also have a gun, and 1/3 chance to get your owner if you try to shoot so don't get stupid." The new person.
2:55 PM
The gun falls to the ground.
2:56 PM
Gordon goes for the gun.
2:59 PM
The gun is floating again.
3:00 PM
"Okay, this is just getting reaaaaaally annoying." Ehn's voice comes from nearby.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:00 PM
"Why do you keep standing around while he keeps trying to get that thing?"
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The gun flies through the air, and hits the suit of the elusive sentasaurus in the face as it flies in through the window. On it's shoulder is Ehn.
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[inner monologue] This appears to be yet another strange dream. I'm not entirely sure how I'm supposed to be reacting to this. I need to wake up soon, so my brother can find me, that I'm certain of. It's okay. Sleeping is a normal thing to do. I wish I didn't have to, but it's fine. I can be here for a bit.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:03 PM
"What the hell?"
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"What... The hell?" Gordon. "Okay, at this point it feels like someone's doing this on purpose... Where's the camera? Who's playing this prank?" The new person. "Okay, short version: You guys are real bad at this. Long version: You guys are reaaaaaaaaal bad at this." Ehn. The elusive sentasaurus picks up the gun and aims it at Gordon. "...Thanks?" The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:06 PM
"What are those... things?"
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[inner monologue] I wonder if my failures are manifesting themselves here? "Real bad at this?" It's true, I did fail to maintain the store's business completely. I disappointed my brother. I might be a bit too in touch with reality at this point. I shouldn't be focusing on myself, on the things that impact my life. I should be having dreams that symbolize things with true purpose. This concern is too insignificant. As this continues, my annoyance towards myself compounds. I can't let that happen. I don't need to be upset at myself. My brother understands perfectly when I do something wrong. I can let him control the meaningless aspects of my existence.
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"Ugh, did you forget me again, Jay? Whatever." Ehn sighed in annoyance and jumped off the elusive sentasaurus. The elusive sentasaurus grabbed Gordon and flew out of the building with him. "Hey, he's mine!" The new person chased after them but the dinosaur costume was simply too fast. (edited)
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:25 PM
"Nobody here is named Jay."
3:25 PM
I sigh in relief. "At least he's out of here."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:29 PM
"So... why are you here, and what are you?"
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"I'm here to fix the plot, obviously! If Hav went with you, we'd hit an immediate bad end! And I haven't finished having fun quite yet."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:37 PM
"...What?"
3:37 PM
"No, you can't get in the way of us. I need to get to a hospital. I've been shot."
3:39 PM
"Hav, get this dog thing out of here. It isn't a person, so it can't be a customer." (edited)
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I attempt to grab the dog thing.
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Hav's hand goes through Ehn. The new person comes back. "Oh good, you're still here." ((I accidentally revealed they were called Alexi earlier that's who I meant sorry))
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:44 PM
"...Do you know what this is?"
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"What what is?" The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:46 PM
"That dog."
3:46 PM
I point at the dog thing.
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"Okay, so add hallucinations to the list of your nonsense. Anyway, you're a mobster too, right?" Alexi. "And it aaaaall works out." Ehn smiled.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:54 PM
"...Ummm... gangster?"
3:55 PM
"Hav, can't you see the dog too?" (edited)
3:55 PM
"And didn't you say earlier that you were seeing magic ghosts?" (edited)
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((Can I see the dog))
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((The "dog" is Ehn)) (edited)
4:01 PM
"I wasn't seeing them that's why they're invisible. Look, this is besides the point. You're coming with me now." The new person. (edited)
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:02 PM
"...Will you fix my leg?"
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"...Sure. Just follow me." The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:04 PM
I look at them nervously. "Will you come with me, Hav?"
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[inner monologue] Yes. "Yes."
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"No!" Ehn. "What? Why is he coming?" The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:07 PM
"Well... he's important. What's wrong with it?"
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"Why is he important?" The new person. (edited)
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:08 PM
"I'm supposed to bring him back with me eventually. And, anyway, does he have anything else to do?"
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"Well... This was kind of supposed to be a private conversation." The new person.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:09 PM
"What do you mean, conversation? Can't he just step outside for a moment?" (edited)
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"Look, this makes sense in context. I can just only explain that context afterwards."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:11 PM
"Uh..." I look at Hav.
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I look back at Marco Gould. "Do you think that this is reality?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:12 PM
"Yes?" (edited)
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((Okay is Ehn actually a dog or a cat this is really important))
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((Shhhhhh.))
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((Oh also what day of the week is it))
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((Sunday))
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[inner monologue] Hmm... I might need to begin to question my assumptions a bit more. Since Carlfield is so accurate to the fabric of reality, a Carlfield-style cat with human motivations might be expected, in theory. However, Carlfield is merely a depiction, not something that truly exists. He symbolizes the ways John David sees the world, he exists as an amalgamation of features designed to illustrate the hypocrisy of modern society, the ways people unnecessarily allow their own emotions to be controlled. Yet would it really be so strange to have something like that actually exist? People can do incredible thingsβ€”they can make robots, costumes of dinosaurs that speak and convey information. And these existences are here for us to witness and notice how covering up human free will and ability to communicate with something unassociated with those concepts breaks down our preconceived notions. When I see a talking cat, that right there is the problem. Society gives me the pure, unquestionable assumptionβ€”this cannot be real. I am witnessing an impossibility. But when I read Carlfield, perhaps that is yet another message it's trying to conveyβ€”that we can take something unreal and place it in a simulated reality, a comic strip, and we won't question anything. A cat with thoughts, a voice, emotions, and decisions is not out of place in the world. It does not matter how much it speaks. It does not matter how much a fish struggles, as I slice it up and serve it on a plate. It does not matter how much Carlfield continues to hate Mondays. We all let our lives be defined by constructs of societyβ€”that days of the week are real, that people have "more" free will than other organisms, that free will even matters in the first place. Real freedom is letting yourself completely remove your own feelings from the equation when making decisions. Do not choose. You shouldn't be able to say anything. Your happiness will dwindle if you are ever invested in the result. What I must do is break free of those assumptionsβ€”denounce society, and embrace Carlfield. As hard as I try, I still fell victim to the same thing I did previously. Carlfield is right here, right in front of me. That's NOT out of the ordinary. It is normal. My brother wants me to continue as normal? Well, normal is all I can be. I have no desire to ever distinguish myself. I refuse to take any action. That's why I'm here. "...How do you feel about Mondays?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:27 PM
"What are Mondays?"
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"...What?" The new person. "Oh, did you know? Carlfield was based on me!" Ehn.
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"What??? Please, tell me more..."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:28 PM
"Carl... field?"
4:28 PM
I look between them. "Am I dreaming?"
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"No, absolutely not. Please, trust me."
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"You're only asking this now?" The new person. "That's for another day. If you do what I say, maybe I'll exposit the great backstory of Carlfield someday. Or maybe you'll run into the REAL John David, and his thrilling and complex character arc will become the focus of your story. Who knows?" Ehn.
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"Yes, yes, I will do what you say! What do you want me to do?"
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"Don't go with Jay right now. Also track down that magic fish I gave you, it took me a lot of effort!" Ehn.
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"Who is Jay?"
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"Jay, it's short for- No, that doesn't really make any sense. Jay is the guy with the bandages. It's short for a different name that isn't his but someone else is using his name so I just swapped the acronyms around for convenience. No spoilers, you'll get it someday. Anyway, Jay. You should remember your favor at least." Ehn. ??? does remember the favor.
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"And where is this 'magic fish'?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:37 PM
"......Huh?"
4:37 PM
I hold my head. "What bandages?"
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"Are you kidding me!? How does this conversation make any sense to either of you?" The new person gets frustrated and grabs ??? by the arm.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:39 PM
"Hey!" I try to push them back. "Get off of me!"
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:39 PM
((18))
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I ignore The New Person and Jay and their altercation as I wait for a response from the animal.
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"No clue. Where'd you put it?" Ehn. The new person is pushed back. "Look, just come with me!" ???'s invisible wheelchair drives off out of the building suddenly.
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"In my pocket." Hav.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:44 PM
"Aahhabruebsuehwwhaytthe helelel"
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The new person runs after ???.
4:44 PM
((Channel split))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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I try to make Harriet get away from the wheelchair.
12:44 PM
I make Harriet follow me in.
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((Use both channels since Hav can’t see Harriet))
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((got it))
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I make Harriet try to trip Gordon.
1:03 PM
I make Harriet grab Gordon's gun and give it to me.
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Marco Gould 12/21/2022 1:29 PM
I make Harriet try to disarm Gordon again.
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((Saturday))
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((Mvdy is not here today so nvm))
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((Saturday))
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 2:54 PM
I make Harriet drop the gun.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 3:26 PM
((so can i still. like. see harriet. did she suddenly disappear from my vision or what))
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((She's in her non-sentient state))
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 4:44 PM
I yell back. "No! Wait! Help me, Hav!"
4:49 PM
I also try to brake the wheelchair.
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The chair does not stop.
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??? finally arrives in front of an apartment building. It brings him inside.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:09 PM
"Aaaaaaaaaaagh..."
5:09 PM
I look around the indoor area.
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It's a normal apartment building lobby. The chair puts him in front of the elevator. "How did you know to come here?" Alexi enters the building.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:12 PM
"How did that door open by itself?"
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"Have you never heard of automatic doors?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:12 PM
"...Yes?"
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"Whatever." Alexi clicks the button to open the elevator and both enter.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:14 PM
"I didn't 'know' to come here. It's doing this by itself."
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"What?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:15 PM
"The wheelchair!"
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"What wheelchair?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:16 PM
"The wheelchair I'm sitting in."
5:16 PM
"...I didn't choose to come here, is my point!"
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"Well, it's to my advantage at least." Alexi pushes a button to go to a floor.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:18 PM
"What do you want with me?"
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"Do you know Jeff Johnner?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:22 PM
"...Yes."
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"Oh. Good!"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:23 PM
"So... what...?
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"How close are you to him?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:24 PM
I think.
5:25 PM
"He's my boss. I work under him. Uh, I'm his... immediate subordinate."
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"Oh, wow... You're kind of perfect. What motivates you? Do you want money, or something?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:29 PM
"I do it because... it's my job. It's fun and exciting. It's what I do. And I suppose I want money, and stuff." (edited)
5:29 PM
"Hey, why do you do whatever you do?"
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"That's personal. Anyway, so... If it was your job... You'd kill Jeff Johnner?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:32 PM
"What? Uh... maybe, but he would never tell me to kill him."
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"Well, what if I hired you?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:34 PM
"You're not my boss. I don't have a cool lair in your house."
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"But you could."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:36 PM
"But I already do."
5:36 PM
I grown. "Aren't you going to fix my leg?" (edited)
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"I could get you an even cooler lair!"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:44 PM
"But would I still have cool work to do? Forever?"
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"So you just want work?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:50 PM
"Well... It's what I do in life. Of course I do."
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"So you’re just a slave to your orders?"
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:54 PM
"No! I choose to follow them, obviously. Just like anyone does."
5:55 PM
"What I'm saying is that if you wanted to 'hire me to kill Jeff Johnner', it would need to come with a guarantee that it wouldn't make anything worse for me and that it'd make something better for me." (edited)
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"You’d get to take over his position. It’s a promotion."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 5:59 PM
"Wouldn't the, uh, upper boss, have something to say about that?"
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"I’ll be replacing that upper boss."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:00 PM
"How?"
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"That doesn't matter to your part of the plan."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:01 PM
"...So what's my part of the plan?" (edited)
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"You draw out Jeff Johnner, and we kill him. Then you'll order around the rest of the mob, while I tell you what to do from afar."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:11 PM
"And will you get rid of Gordon?"
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"I… Guess so? I don’t really have much attachment to him either way. Don’t tell this to Harriet though."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:25 PM
"..."
6:25 PM
"Okay, fine. It's a deal."
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They arrived at the right floor. "That was a long elevator ride."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:27 PM
I wait.
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Alexi walked out of the elevator and entered an apartment.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:33 PM
I try to wheel my chair out to follow.
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This happens.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:35 PM
"Where am I now?"
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"My apartment. Pretty cool lair, huh?" It’s clearly a very expensive place.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 6:45 PM
"..." I nod.
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"Just act like normal for today. I’ll call you tomorrow."
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 7:02 PM
"I didn't complete my mission, I can't use my legs, and I'm at your apartment. How do you expect me to act like normal?"
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Alexi entered the bathroom.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 7:07 PM
"..."
7:07 PM
I look around the area, particularly for anything that looks like it could have anything to do with Harriet.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 7:15 PM
((1))
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Marco finds nothing. Alexi comes back with a first aid kit.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 7:17 PM
I smile. "Great."
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"No promises." He tries to fix up your leg.
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Marco Gould 1/21/2023 7:25 PM
I hope for the best.
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It takes a while. ((End session))
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((No session))
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((Saturday))
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"How's that?" Alexi finished up.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:24 PM
"...Better."
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"Good. So, we have a deal then?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:26 PM
I nod. "Indeed."
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"Do you have a phone, actually?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:28 PM
"No. What's a phone?"
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"What?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:29 PM
"What?"
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"A... Phone. You know?" He takes out his.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:30 PM
I try to recognise it.
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It's weird plastic rectangle.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:31 PM
"I've never seen one."
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"Where are you from...? Anyway, you use it to call people. Long distance conversation."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:40 PM
"Oh."
2:41 PM
"I'm from... here? It doesn't matter."
2:41 PM
"But I don't have a phone." (edited)
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"Yeah. Just... Come back here tomorrow, then."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:50 PM
I sigh. "Okay."
2:52 PM
"Should I leave?"
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"Yeah."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:53 PM
I make my way into the elevator and press the button for the bottom floor.
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??? is brought to the bottom floor.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 2:58 PM
I leave the building and try to retrace my steps all the way back to THE MAFIA BASE.
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??? arrives back at the mafia base. No one's there right now.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:02 PM
"Ugh... All alone."
3:03 PM
"I really couldn't even capture Hav? I'm such a failure... what? I mean... Gordon! He ruined it all, and for what?"
3:04 PM
"I'm Marco Gould. That's right. That's my name, and I'm going to get my revenge. Of course."
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"There you are, Jay!" Ehn appears.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:05 PM
"Oh! So you're what I was talking to."
3:06 PM
"...How are you here?"
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"I'm here because you're here, obviously."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:09 PM
"But you're not me. I don't have a power to do anything with you."
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"Of course not."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:18 PM
"So how did you appear here?"
3:18 PM
"I don't understand. You can't just do that. This is my base." (edited)
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"Not really."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:30 PM
"Answer me."
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"There's nothing to explain."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:31 PM
"How did you know where this base is? What did you use to travel here?"
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"Doesn't matter!"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:35 PM
"It does!"
3:35 PM
"What do you even want from me?"
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"Nothing!"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:43 PM
"Then... go away?"
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"Why?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:48 PM
"Because you're wasting space."
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"But there's no one else here!"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:54 PM
"I'm here. And what if someone comes back? They might start more trouble with you in the building." (edited)
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"Why would they do that? They can't see me!"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 3:56 PM
"What are you talking about?"
3:56 PM
I stare at Ehn.
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I can only be seen by those who I've granted abilities."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:00 PM
"...Even if that's true, they could hear us talking." (edited)
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"They can't hear me either. You'd just sound insane."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:11 PM
"Yes, and I don't want to sound insane, because I'm not."
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"Being insane is fun."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:43 PM
"I've been judged enough as-is. I am normal, so I want to act normally. You're not being helpful." (edited)
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"Why do you want to be normal? Don’t you wanna have some fun? To run wild?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:45 PM
"I have fun doing with my job. I steal and trick and kill and so on. Just... normally."
4:45 PM
"I have a proper brain, so I don't want to lose my senses. Maybe you wouldn't understand."
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"Nope, your brain's all fried and stuff."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:47 PM
"Shut up!"
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"It’s true! Some surgeons cut up your brain for an experiment."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:54 PM
"No, I feel perfectly normal. You're screwing with me."
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"What do you think defines a person?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:56 PM
"Their... skin? And bones and meat? The stuff outside and inside of them." (edited)
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"Everyone has those. I mean, what defines a person?"
4:57 PM
"Like, their personality."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 4:59 PM
"Then... their personality? And job. The things they do and say and want."
4:59 PM
"I'm not exactly sure what else that would be." (edited)
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"But those change with time, right? Those aren’t really permanent things. If you got fired, you wouldn’t be defined by your job. Your personality changes every day based on what you experience. No, the real defining aspect is memory. Lives are defined by what we experience and how they stick with us."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:01 PM
"Memories change too. People forget things."
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"Not entirely. A lot of stuff gets stuck in your subconscious."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:02 PM
"I don't understand. You're saying personality 'changes every day', but it doesn't just suddenly warp into a total opposite." (edited)
5:02 PM
"A person doesn't need to be defined by the same thing every day, anyway, do they?"
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"Personality is shaped by your memory. That’s the point."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:03 PM
"And...?"
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"These scientists, led by some monster named FB decided to try to see what happens when you erase someone’s entire memory. Do they become someone new? Do they still stay the same somehow? That’s what they did to you."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:07 PM
"What?"
5:08 PM
"No, that doesn't make sense. I have memories. I remember my name. I remember myself, I remember how to talk."
5:08 PM
"You don't have any proof for anything like that."
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"Of course I do. I am Ehn. That’s all the proof I need."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:08 PM
"That proves nothing."
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"Anyway, the reason you have these memories is that they did too good of a job. When your brain stops knowing how to access your longterm memory it starts to go a little imaginative. Anytime you project an identity onto yourself as you go to sleep, your brain processes it as longterm memory and fills in all of these imaginary blanks. So if you decide your name is Shuichi Maoziwam, you’ll wake up wondering why some imposter is pretending to be you." (edited)
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:17 PM
"This isn't very funny. Maybe I would've believed you if you were willing to explain anything other than exactly what you wanted to."
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"Well, it doesn’t matter. You’ll forget it all tomorrow. Just wanted to make sure you remember to tell yourself you’re Marco Gould tonight."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:20 PM
"I didn't do that last night."
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"Well… Technically, that’s true. But you still did it before going to sleep."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:21 PM
"I'm fully aware that I'm Marco Gould right now."
5:21 PM
"If I repeated "I am Ehn" to myself before I went to sleep, would it shut you up?"
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"No, that’d just get more complicated. No idea what’d happen then. Say you’re Marco Gould."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:22 PM
"No."
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"Why?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:26 PM
"Because I'm not a gullible moron."
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"C'mon, you’re supposed to be my best friend!"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:27 PM
"You've been nothing but unhelpful to me."
5:27 PM
"...Except for that favour."
5:27 PM
I cough. "My point is, clearly you're harbouring some sort of agenda. And I don't know you particularly well."
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"It all makes sense in the grand scheme of things, and explaining isn’t really worthwhile if you just complain and forget every time. I haven’t done anything that isn’t your best interest."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:29 PM
"Sure, and I can say that I'm not going to do anything that isn't in your best interest." (edited)
5:29 PM
"That doesn't make it true."
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"Ughhhhhh."
5:34 PM
"Fine, I’ll implement an emergency solution tomorrow morning when you forget everything." Ehn left.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:34 PM
"Ugh. What the hell?"
5:35 PM
"Maybe I shouldn't even sleep. Do I really need to?"
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"Who are you talking to?" Jeff Johnner enters. The drunk girl enters shortly after.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:35 PM
"Myself."
5:35 PM
"Where were you?"
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"You and Gordon were late. So we went after Ouroboros on our own." Johnner. "Diced him up like a board game." Drunk girl. "No, he… He got away." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:38 PM
"Ouroboros?"
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"Ouroboros Stanley." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:39 PM
I nod, completely clueless.
5:40 PM
"I... we failed too. But it was Gordon's fault. He turned on me and tried to ruin the mission."
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"Gordon?" Johnner.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:40 PM
"Gordon. I don't know what got into him, but he didn't want to let me bring Hav back."
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"Gordon’s a good follower."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:42 PM
"Evidently not for me."
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Johnner eyes you suspiciously.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:45 PM
I sigh.
5:46 PM
"Didn't you fail too? How did you manage that?"
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"There were… Complications."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:48 PM
"What time is it?"
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"Late." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 5:56 PM
"Oh." (edited)
5:56 PM
I wait for them to do something.
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The drunk girl grabs a beer and sits down. Johnner approached ???. "What do you remember?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 6:30 PM
"What? You mean... of today?"
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"Sure, let’s start with that."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 6:47 PM
"Well... I woke up. We had our meeting, and you told me I'd go with Gordon to bring back Hav Kerloe. We left, and we arrived at the store. As I started to search for him, he pushed me to the wall and said that he wouldn't work with me. He called me an amateur, or something, a "child with a gun and suit". We argued and he hit at me, then Hav arrived. I obviously shook Gordon off, but Hav refused to kick him out. He said he would come with me, but Gordon got in the way. We went outside, I tried to stab him, and he shot me in the leg. I got on a wheelchair and went back in to follow him, and a woman with a gun came into the store. She wanted to bring Gordon with her, but she was useless. Then a big dinosaur jumped through the window with a dog on its shoulder, and it flew away with Gordon. We talked more, my wheelchair started moving by itself, and... eventually, I arrived back here."
6:47 PM
"Is that enough?"
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"A big… Dinosaur?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 6:49 PM
"Right."
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"And it flew away?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 6:51 PM
"Right."
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"…You’re serious?"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 6:57 PM
I nod.
6:57 PM
"Yes." (edited)
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"…"
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 6:58 PM
"..."
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"Well, we can discuss that another time."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:00 PM
"Okay."
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"For now, I’ll try to plan ahead."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:01 PM
"What are you going to do now?"
7:02 PM
"I can go back for Hav tomorrow. He's still there." (edited)
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"Good. But Ouroboros is missing now. Gus's funeral is in 2 days… Let’s not stall this out until then."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:08 PM
"I could do it now, then." (edited)
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He looks at ??? suspiciously. "Not right now. I want to know I can trust you, first."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:28 PM
"And what do I do for that?"
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"Let’s just wait for Gordon."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:30 PM
"I'm not sure he's going to return...?"
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"He will."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:35 PM
I sigh. "Mmhm."
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He goes to leave before stopping. "...Please don't lose your mind in front of me. It's hard enough to stay sane here."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:37 PM
"I'll never lose my mind, I promise. I'm as sane as ever."
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"...It's always the most cocky that break first. Show the enemy your harsh side, but don't let it define you."
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:39 PM
"Yes, sir."
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"...I need a drink." He grabbed a beer from the fridge.
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:52 PM
I follow him, take a non-alcoholic drink, and sit down.
7:52 PM
I start drinking and passing the time.
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By the time Gordon arrives, ??? is incredibly drunk. ((End session))
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Marco Gould 2/18/2023 7:59 PM
((how the fuck did he get drunk from a non-alcoholic drink))
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((Saturday))
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Gordon entered the room, looking somewhat bruised. "…" He stares at ??? for a moment, before turning to Johnner. "I’m back."
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:17 PM
I stare at him blankly for about ten seconds. "What the... hell?"
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"Good." Johnner takes a sip of beer. "What happened?" "There was a complication." He sat down. "Where’s Eryn?"
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:20 PM
"Who?"
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Gordon and Johnner stare at ??? and say nothing. "The ugly bitch who works here." Drunk girl. "…She was here yesterday, working with Gordon." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:34 PM
"......Rude."
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"Is Hav here?" Gordon.
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:36 PM
"Hav you looked?" I laugh.
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"He’s not here." Johnner. "Is he alive?" Gordon.
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:40 PM
"Aren't we all?"
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"Is this funny to you?" Gordon.
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:45 PM
"No......" I laugh.
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"Then why are you laughing?" Gordon.
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:57 PM
"I'm... tired?"
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"What?" Gordon.
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 2:58 PM
"What?"
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"…"
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 3:08 PM
"..."
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"You never answered where Eryn is." Gordon turned to Johnner. "She stuck with Ethfan during this little feud. You know how she is. We just have to wait for that asshole to come to his senses and she’ll be back." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 3:51 PM
"Ethfan?" I snort. "Hahahhahaahhhhahaa. Ethfan? That's, haahah, it's like, what do you get if you crosh ethan and a fan? Ethfan! Bbecause it's as it fhesd and fan for thenhanrmeum. Whash if iyam Ethfan? Whhwere's that lerson? Is mdjdf thtunfkf tbhdhrhrvf fhduxhd.........." I trail out.
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Johnner sighed. "So he really is broken, then?"
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 3:53 PM
"Ethereum?"
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Johnner sighed and slowly approached. "What’s your name?"
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Marco Gould 2/25/2023 4:11 PM
"Eyem, uh..."
4:12 PM
I blurt out the first name that comes to mind. "Ethfan."
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"He’s broken." He smashes a bottle of beer on ???'s head. ??? loses consciousness. ((End chapter))
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8: Abrupt Gearshift
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Avengard / unknown
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??? wakes up tied to what feels uncomfortable like a solid wooden table. His face is covered and he can't see anything, but some voices do come from nearby. "He broke again. It's not safe to keep him down here for long, so don't be too slow." Johnner. "Oh, don't worry. I have absolutely no intention to keep you from maintaining whatever deranged coping mechanism you've begun using him for." The voice, for some inexaplicable reason, triggers deep and primal fear from ???. Instinctively, like drawn from deep within ???'s shattered and faded memories, this man's appearance springs forth in perfect clarity. The man who goes by FB.
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:11 PM
"Aaagh. FB... Why am I here?" I try to speak.
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"Oh? Do you recognize me by voice alone? That is... Concerning. I had no intention to make myself a permanent feature of any of your lives." FB.
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:23 PM
"I... Why are you here?"
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"To fix you, of course. It's supposed to be Marco now, right?"
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:26 PM
"What?"
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"Your name. You've taken on the name of the dead gangster, Marco Gould."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:27 PM
"What? No? I'm... uh... Ethfan Kerloe."
2:28 PM
"Why would I take someone else's name?" (edited)
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"Ethfan... Kerloe?" His words are overly cautious.
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:30 PM
"Huh? Yeah. Ethfan. That's me."
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"Are you unaware that the name Ethan contains no such f?"
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:31 PM
"That's not my name?"
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"It's not?"
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:33 PM
"Why would it be? The name Ethfan has an f."
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"Hm." His footsteps can be heard pacing around ???. "I'll leave you to it." Johnner leaves.
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:39 PM
"Who was that?"
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"Irrelevant. What does matter is the matter of your brain. It should be completely fried and yet you recall the name FB without it being told to you."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:41 PM
"My brain isn't fried. I'm normal and thinking. You're insane."
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"Well, whatever you choose to pretend, I am here to fix you. It's undeniable that I'll have to dig through your brain again. The question is... Would you like anaesthesia first?" You can hear him putting on gloves.
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:51 PM
"What!? You're broken! You're insane! I'm not broken!" I struggle and try to somehow push away. (edited)
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This is impossible.
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:52 PM
"I don't even know what anaesthesia is!"
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"It means you won't feel pain during the surgery."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 2:53 PM
"So it's going to kill me?"
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"No. It merely soothes pain for a short while."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 3:00 PM
"And then what?"
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"And then you go back to normal."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 3:08 PM
"What's normal to you?"
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"In this case, I mean undrugged."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 3:14 PM
"I'm not drugged."
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"I'm going to drug you. Otherwise, you will feel all of the pain."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 3:14 PM
"What? Uh..."
3:15 PM
"Why!? Why are you doing this to me? You're insane and delusional and broken and fried! I'm just me! You're wrong!"
3:17 PM
"What do I have to do to make you stop this?"
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"You cannot make me stop this." He brings a sharp object(a scalpel) towards your head. "Do you want to experience all of the pain or not?"
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 3:22 PM
"No!"
3:23 PM
"Stop it! I'll fix myself! I'll be whatever you want!"
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"This is going to happen." He starts to cut into ???'s head. It stings like nothing ??? can remember. "Do you want anesthesia?"
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 3:25 PM
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" I overreact. (edited)
3:25 PM
"YESYESYESYESSTOPIT"
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"Then say the following words exactly. 'My name is Marco Gould'."
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Ethfan Kerloe 4/15/2023 3:27 PM
"MY... my... name is Marco Gould."
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??? is injected with a syringe and loses consciousness.
3:29 PM
((Give me a little bit))
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??? wakes up standing in the middle of Harriet's apartment. She's looking at her phone. (( #harriet-and-unknown ))
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 3:49 PM
"Huh...?"
3:49 PM
I try to recall why I'm here. (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 3:51 PM
Harriet yelps and tries not to fall off her bed.
3:51 PM
"You again!!!"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 3:53 PM
"Hey! What are you doing!?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 3:53 PM
"What are you doing!! Listen, it was helpful the first too times, but I kind of draw the line at you showing up in my room..!"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 3:54 PM
I'm confused. "Why?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 3:55 PM
"Uh... it's a private space?"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 3:56 PM
"Well...... I don't care."
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:01 PM
"Oh, suck my dick from the back. Listen, can you just tell me who you are? Like, really? This nickname is getting fucking stupid."
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:01 PM
I sit down.
4:02 PM
I think. "I'm... Marco Gould." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:07 PM
Harriet squints. "Do I... know you? I don't know if I've heard that name before..." (edited)
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:08 PM
"What? Don't you? I thought you did."
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:13 PM
"I have a famously bad memory. You might have said it before, but... I meant in a greater social context, I guess? Like, for example, why are you a ghost, and also in my house?"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:14 PM
"A ghost?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:18 PM
"Well, you sure seem... I dunno, ghostlike."
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:18 PM
"How?"
4:18 PM
"I'm normal."
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:24 PM
"Well, you sure seem to have a talent for going through walls for someone completely normal."
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:25 PM
"When did I do that?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:28 PM
"I dunno, the other day? Here, try it now."
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:30 PM
"Going through a wall?"
4:30 PM
"What if you try to kill me?" (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:33 PM
"Why on earth would I do that?"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:34 PM
"I don't know."
4:34 PM
I put a hand up to a wall and try to push it through. (edited)
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???'s hand goes through a wall.
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:35 PM
"What?"
4:35 PM
I pull it back and stare at the hand. "I didn't expect that." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:39 PM
"Are you forgetting all that shit you've done so far?"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:54 PM
"That's different!"
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 4:57 PM
"How??? On earth??? is it different???"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 4:57 PM
"I understood what I did before." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 5:00 PM
"So.. you don't know. Anything."
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 5:00 PM
"I know everything."
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It is approaching 20 minutes since Harriet said the relevant thing.
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 5:04 PM
"Oh shit! Sorry, I've got to leave. I know this probably has crazy metaphysical implications, but uh... can we pick this up later?"
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 5:05 PM
"Where are you going?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 5:08 PM
"To see a friend."
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 5:15 PM
"I'll come with you."
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Harriet Kadin 4/15/2023 5:16 PM
((gotta stop here bc im going out with a friend tonight))
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Marco Gould 4/15/2023 5:16 PM
((have fun!!))
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((Hi))
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:01 PM
((hi))
2:06 PM
"You'll.. come with me?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:10 PM
"Yes."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:11 PM
((hey jsyk the weather outside is real bad and my lights just flickered so if i stop responding it’s because the power went out))
2:12 PM
((can my internet pls work…))
2:18 PM
"Can other people, like... see you?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:22 PM
"What? I don't know?"
2:22 PM
"Yes?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:22 PM
"Okay, well, I'm not taking you if other people can see you. Can we test it?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:22 PM
"How?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:23 PM
"I dunno, go outside and try talking to someone."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:23 PM
"No. You'll go away without me." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:24 PM
"I won't! I'll just be watching from a distance."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:24 PM
I sigh. "I'm going with you no matter what, anyway."
2:25 PM
"Therefore, that's pointless." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:27 PM
"Why?? On earth would you want to be here?? I have the least interesting life ever."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:28 PM
"I have nothing better to do...?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:31 PM
"Okay, but I don't want you around."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:32 PM
"I don't care."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:33 PM
"God, does anyone tolerate your existence other than me? I can't imagine they do."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:34 PM
"Take a look at my skin and you'll find the answer."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:35 PM
Harriet frowns, and glances at Marco's skin for the first time.
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((I have literally no idea what pichuis is trying to say))
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:38 PM
"...I'm clearly alive, so the answer is yes." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:40 PM
"No, I mean, do you have any, like, real friends? People who don't see you as a waste of time? Someone who isn't constantly thinking that being with you is such a drain on their mental energy that they just wanna kill themselves? Because I dunno. You're kind of giving off those vibes."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:41 PM
"I have hundreds of 'real friends'." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:46 PM
"Are you sure they don't secretly want to kill themselves?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:47 PM
"Who would want to kill themselves? That's ridiculous."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:49 PM
"Uh, lots of people?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:50 PM
"They must be broken."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:51 PM
"That's a very insensitive way to talk about other human beings..."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:52 PM
"As opposed to how you were talking about me?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:54 PM
"That's!... different."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 2:55 PM
"How?" I seem puzzled.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 2:59 PM
"Okay, I'm.. speaking in the broad sense, okay? Broadly, it's not okay to be mean to depressed people, because.. it's not very socially viable, and in the kind of political future I'm looking for, the goal is to... not treat people, like that. But in an in individual, non-epidemic sense, there are certain people that make themselves deserving of treatment. The word abuse makes it sound bad... it's not like that. It's just that, you've done your own grave, with the way you behave, and there's no going back after a certain point, so it's okay for me to treat you as utterly divorced from conventional leftist morality. Okay?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:00 PM
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:00 PM
"You don't have to get it, it's pretty complicated theory. My point is that there's nothing internally inconsistent about what I'm saying."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:01 PM
"Nonsensical is worse than inconsistent."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:02 PM
"It's not my fault if you didn't understand!"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:04 PM
"It is."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:04 PM
"It's not my responsibility to make you understand!! That's up to you!!"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:05 PM
"Why? You're the person who keeps arguing."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:06 PM
"I'm only arguing because you keep pushing the conversation forwards by saying stupid things."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:08 PM
"Not true."
3:08 PM
"Why don't we just leave?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:10 PM
"Fine," says Harriet grumpily, and wheels herself to her car.
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:11 PM
I follow her.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:16 PM
Harriet slams the door shut with more force than is necessary, and tells Siri to take her to Sarah's apartment. It spits out the directions, and Harriet begins driving, bulwarked by a strange mix of fear and excitement.
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They arrive in front of Sarah’s apartment building.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:27 PM
Harriet gestures to the elevator. "Get in."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:29 PM
I leave the car and get in.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:32 PM
Harriet takes the elevator up to Sarah's room, shaking with anticipation all the while. She knocks on the door.
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No response.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:37 PM
Harriet frowns. She tries ringing the doorbell.
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The elevator goes down and up again. Sarah exits it. "Sorry, something came up. I’m here now."
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:40 PM
"Who are you?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:41 PM
Harriet elbows him in a way she hopes is subtle. "Sarah! It's great to see you."
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Sarah doesn’t react to ???. She smiles slightly at Harriet. "…Yeah. Same." She opens the door.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:45 PM
Harriet exhales, not realizing how worried she was about ??? interfering until this moment. She wheels herself in.
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She closes the door behind herself and Harriet. "So… How are you?" Her tone is incredibly uncomfortable.
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:47 PM
"Ugh." I try to open the door.
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??? opens the door.
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:47 PM
I walk in, close it, and look for a space to sit down.
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There’s a couch.
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 3:48 PM
I sit on the couch.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:49 PM
"I'm doing alright," Harriet says, almost not lying. The second she saw Sarah, a sort of joy had flooded her - a freedom from the awful, awful events from earlier. Surely everything would be alright now, right? No more dark skies. "How are you?"
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"…I'm fine." Her tone makes this an obvious lie.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:51 PM
Harriet frowns. "Did something.. happen? I can help.. probably."
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"Nothing happened, okay!" She snapped. "We’re just talking right now. About normal everyday things!"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:53 PM
"Alright!" Harriet says, eyes wide. "Normal things. Right. But if.. something did happen. I could be helpful. As someone to.. talk to about it. But nothing happened!!! So it doesn't matter!!!!!!! What have you been up to today!!!??!!!"
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"Nothing I want to discuss. What about you?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 3:56 PM
"Uh.. nothing I want to discuss, either. Ha... ha."
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"…"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:00 PM
"..."
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"…So much for normal. Fuck." She groans.
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:02 PM
"Um.. we could still talk about the weather, if you'd like?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 4:02 PM
I stare at Sarah.
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"The weather? What about it? Oh, it’s sunny. End of conversation."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:07 PM
"Er... yes."
4:07 PM
Harriet buries her face in her hands.
4:07 PM
"God, I'm bad at this."
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"Somehow, you’re just about the only person left who I can pretend to put up with."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:09 PM
"Oh.. pretend?"
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"Hm? Pretend what?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:18 PM
"Pretend.. to put up with."
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"Wait- Did I say-?"
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Marco Gould 4/22/2023 4:24 PM
"Yes."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:25 PM
"Yes."
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"…Ignore that."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:28 PM
"Ah.. that's alright. I'll ignore it! I'll ignore anything. I'm good at that..."
4:28 PM
"So.. are there people in your life you can't deal with, right now?"
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"I still have to deal with that annoying YouTuber. He’s started fake confessing to murders now, or something like that."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:36 PM
"What was he called again?"
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"The Elusive Sentasaurus."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:39 PM
"Sounds like a frustrating thing to have to deal with, I'm sorry. He's... fake confessing to murders? What?"
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"Sam Kidink. My boss's son. Honestly, at this po- Wait, why am I even venting to you? Stop tricking me."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:42 PM
"I'm not trying to trick you! I'm just trying to be helpful."
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"Why would you do that? It’s not like I’m paying you. I don’t need a shrink."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:50 PM
"Uh.. because I like to be helpful to other people? Because it helps me remember that I.. exist?"
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"Trust me, being helpful to other people does nothing. It only makes them resent you."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:53 PM
"Ah.. but it's what I'm supposed to do. And you don't resent me.. right?"
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"I’m not going to answer that."
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 4:57 PM
"Okay. I understand."
4:59 PM
"I'm just saying... I don't think helping other people makes them resent you. I think helping other people validates a certain part of you that's desperate for approval. It reminds you why you're alive, and what your job is, and who benefits from being here. So I promise, I'll be kind about it. If you decide to show weakness. (edited)
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"…What?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/22/2023 5:00 PM
((leaving now, got to do work.. unfortunately))
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:07 PM
β€œDon’t worry about it.”
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"What exactly… Do you think I’m like?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:14 PM
β€œUm.. I don’t know. I don’t know you that well. But you seem like a good person... like you’re trying to do your best to be a good person no matter what, is that right?”
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"…Yeah." Her expression doesn’t seem to agree. "That’s right."
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:19 PM
β€œHow do.. you feel about the kind of person you are?”
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She looks at Harriet silently for a moment. "That’s kind of a personal question."
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Marco Gould 4/29/2023 2:21 PM
Looking very confused by their interaction. I stand up and look around for some food or drinks. (edited)
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There’s a kitchen.
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:25 PM
β€œSorry,” Harriet says quickly. β€œI didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.”
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Marco Gould 4/29/2023 2:25 PM
I open the fridge and take something that looks appetising. (edited)
2:26 PM
Then I sit down and start eating. (edited)
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She makes a disgusted expression and slowly opens her mouth. "Harriet… You want to be my friend, ri-?" She notices ??? and looks incredibly confused. "Am I… Seeing things?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:31 PM
Oh shit.
2:31 PM
β€œUh........ I. Don’t know what that is?”
2:32 PM
Great cover, Harriet.
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"But… I’m not imagining that, right? Food is just flying now?" When ??? ingests food it just falls through them and onto the floor.
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Marco Gould 4/29/2023 2:33 PM
"What? What the hell? Ew."
2:34 PM
I try to feel my own mouth.
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:37 PM
β€œI... don’t think you’re imagining it. But it’s.. probably not a big deal?? Not something to, uh. Worry about,”
2:37 PM
Harriet shoots Marco a look that appears to be communicating something along the lines of stop that right now you shiteating asshole
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???'s mouth obviously exists and is normal. "…This is him again, isn’t it?" She gets up.
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Marco Gould 4/29/2023 2:40 PM
"Ugh. I'm hungry."
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:42 PM
β€œ...Him?”
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"Bob, get out of here. I told you to leave me alone!"
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:49 PM
β€œBob?????”
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"Smith! The YouTuber!"
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 2:59 PM
β€œWhy... would Bob Smith the YouTuber be here?”
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"Because he keeps harassing me! And he’s involved in some kind of magic thing."
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 3:01 PM
β€œMagic is real??????”
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"Something like that. At the very least it can make things fly, and that should include food."
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 3:07 PM
β€œUh... this is a lot to process.”
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"Yeah."
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 3:12 PM
β€œSo, uh... why would Bob Smith be using his magic powers to levitate a bunch of food around your house?”
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"I don't know!"
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Marco Gould 4/29/2023 3:15 PM
"What's a YouTuber?"
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 3:17 PM
Harriet ignores him.
3:17 PM
β€œWell, this.. certainly seems troubling. So you’re... really just telling me magic is real? Just like that? Shouldn’t there be some sociopolitical implications to this?”
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"That wasn't really my first thought." She said bitterly.
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Harriet Kadin 4/29/2023 3:19 PM
β€œNo, I just mean... the far-reaching effects this should have on the rest of the world should be insane. I mean, this kind of thing should do.. something to the currently existing power structures at hand, right? That’s what magic is always used for in stories.”
3:21 PM
((cutting it short here, see u))
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"I'm not the kind of person who cares about politics. Honestly, it's kind of weird you are." ((Alright see ya))
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"I'm not the kind of person who cares about politics. Honestly, it's kind of weird you are."
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 2:12 PM
β€œI... don’t think it’s particularly weird. I’ve always cared about politics.”
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"Why? It’s not like it matters."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 2:15 PM
I sigh. "It's like you're both speaking a different language."
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 2:19 PM
β€œI mean... it matters to me. This is the future we’re talking about, right?”
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"What, are you going to run for president or something? Nothing's even going to pretend to change over one vote. You gotta think more small scale."
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 2:24 PM
Harriet bristles. β€œI mean... that might be true, but I want to believe that the things I’m doing have some kind of impact... that someone can hear me. That anyone’s listening to me...”
2:24 PM
On impulse, Harriet slams her hand into her forehead. The pain is blinding.
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"What… Was that?"
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 2:32 PM
β€œAh... ignore that. I’m just being a little bitch.”
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"…?" She backs away awkwardly. "I… Don’t think I can keep doing this."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 2:35 PM
I stare between them.
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 2:39 PM
β€œKeep doing what?”
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"This! I don’t do… Friends. You just… I dunno… You made me feel… Better about myself by comparison. It’s not often I find someone who seems to suck up to me so much, and you… Well, I thought I’d let you do your thing I guess. But you’re just… So weird. I can’t follow what you’re doing at all. That… That was my breaking point. Whatever the hell I was using you for, it’s not worth it if you’re gonna be such a freak."
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 2:46 PM
Harriet freezes. β€œOh.”
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"It’s… I’m not the bad guy here, okay?" She does not elaborate on what that means, but it’s clear from her voice that she feels guilty.
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 2:52 PM
β€œNo. Sure.” Harriet says thickly. β€œNot the bad guy. But I can still be... useful to you. I can stop being weird. I promise. I’ll glue my own tongue to the roof of my mouth so I can’t speak anymore, if you want.”
2:52 PM
What the actual fuck is she saying? This isn’t how she feels. This is insane.
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"That’s the weird part! Why are you saying… That!? Normal people don’t talk like that."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 2:56 PM
"And normal people do talk like you!?"
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:03 PM
"It's not... I mean, isn't the fact that I'm not normal good enough reason to use me? I'm.. more easily manipulated. I'm vulnerable. I'm desperate for affection.. isn't that something you want, if you're trying to get away with something?"
3:04 PM
Harriet folds herself in half. "God, I'm sorry, please ignore these things I'm saying... I don't think like this, I promise..." Harriet trails off, slapping her hand over her mouth, suddenly furious, suddenly full of bright, awful energy. She bites her hand, and comes away bleeding.
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"So you… Want me to use you?"
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:06 PM
"In whatever way you see fit," Harriet says, before immediately saying "I don't mean that."
3:06 PM
She bites herself again.
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She blinks. "…What?"
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:13 PM
"Please don't pay attention to anything I'm saying right now, I'm... I'm sorry."
3:14 PM
Harriet sends a pleading look at Marco. She doesn't know what she's even looking for, just... some way out of... this. All this. The pain of being seen.
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"How do you expect anyone to get along with you when you react like that?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:16 PM
I stare back at Harriet. "What are you doing?"
3:17 PM
"Ugh." I stand directly between Harriet and Sarah. "Stop ignoring me!" (edited)
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She still doesn’t notice you.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:17 PM
I slap Sarah.
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"Ow!" She looks around. "What the hell?"
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:29 PM
"Oh my god." Harriet mutters.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:29 PM
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
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"Did you just slap me somehow?" Sarah walks right through ??? like a ghost.
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:33 PM
"I didn't!!" Harriet yelped. "There's!! A Guy!!"
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"Right, Bob." She sighs. "Of course he’s still pissed at me."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:35 PM
"My name is NOT Bob!"
3:35 PM
"Say my name isn't Bob!"
3:35 PM
I seethe.
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:38 PM
Harriet ignores him.
3:38 PM
"Listen, I'm... sorry. About all of this."
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"…" she doesn’t answer, and her phone rings. "I have to take this."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:41 PM
I walk in front of Harriet and glare at her. "Listen to me!!"
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She still doesn’t react, and picks up the phone.
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:45 PM
"Why would you want the person you just slapped in the face to acknowledge you!!" Harriet whisper-yells at him.
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Sarah's expression becomes some mix of panic and rage. "I have to go." She runs out quickly.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:46 PM
"Because they don't know who I am!"
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Harriet Kadin 5/6/2023 3:50 PM
Harriet immediately rolls herself out the door in an attempt to follow her.
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((Channel split))
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Avengard / unknown
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:51 PM
I follow after them.
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??? suddenly wakes up in Marco Gould’s room. Their memory hasn’t reset.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 3:54 PM
"..."
3:57 PM
"What the hell? Why am I here now? Hello?"
3:57 PM
I get up, open the door and look out.
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The usual drunk girl is drinking at the table.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:00 PM
I walk up to her. "When did I get here?"
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"Huh? Like, this morning."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:03 PM
"...How?"
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"Whuh?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:04 PM
"What? I'm saying... how did I get here?"
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"Johnner carried you in, I dunno…"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:08 PM
"Was I not awake?"
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She shrugged. "I didn’t really give a shit."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:10 PM
"What?"
4:10 PM
I get myself a drink and sit down.
4:11 PM
And start drinking.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:25 PM
"...What are you doing?"
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"Why’d you keep harassing me? I preferred the silent Marco."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:28 PM
"Because I'm bored?"
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"Go be bored somewhere else, asshole. I wanna drown in this shit, not hear a peep from reality."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:31 PM
I ignore her and just drink.
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She keeps drinking.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:36 PM
"..."
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Jeff Johnner walks in.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:39 PM
I look up at them. "Johnner?"
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He suddenly hugs ??? tightly.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:42 PM
"..."
4:43 PM
I just sit there for a moment. "What are you doing?"
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He lets go, and just puts out his cigarette. "I was worried for a minute." (edited)
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:49 PM
"..."
4:49 PM
"How did I get back here?"
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"…What do you remember?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:50 PM
"Uh..."
4:54 PM
I try to remember what happened over the last few days.
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The only clear memory is what happened with Harriet right before.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:55 PM
"Everything?"
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"I meant what’s the last thing you remember? Where were you?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:57 PM
"I was in a room with these two women, and only one of them could see or hear me, and almost everything they said was gibberish." (edited)
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He sighs in relief. "Sounds like you had a weird dream."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:58 PM
"Does it?"
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"Does that really sound like something that could happen in real life?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 4:59 PM
"...Not really."
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"Exactly."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:04 PM
I nod.
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"Then all’s well, then."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:07 PM
"So... what now?"
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"Now… We wait. Not sure what the boss wants."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:14 PM
I sigh and lean on the table.
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"We could talk?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:19 PM
"Hello."
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"Hello."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:30 PM
"..."
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He sighed. "I went to visit someone this morning."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:34 PM
"Who?" (edited)
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"The Fungus."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:42 PM
"What did they do?"
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"Not much. It was disappointing, honestly. I prefer my criminals with more charm."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:47 PM
"Ah."
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"You terrorize the city and set alarms for us, and you’re just… I dunno. If you ask me, I’d say I got a lot more staying power than him."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:51 PM
"It sounds like fun. What crime have you been doing?"
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"What’s that supposed to mean?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:53 PM
"Huh? What I... said?"
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"You say it like you’re not a criminal."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:56 PM
"How so?"
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"We’re gangsters. Both of us. It’s what we do."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:58 PM
"I know."
5:58 PM
I'm confused.
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"…Never mind, then. I misread you, I guess."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 5:59 PM
"..."
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"…What do you think about that?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:04 PM
"I find it bizarre."
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"How so?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:10 PM
"I don't know how you 'misread' me, or what would have led you to do so."
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"No, I meant… Being a criminal. Why’d you do it?" Johnner. "What kind of question is that? You already-" Drunk girl. Johnner shushes her.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:13 PM
"Uh... Because... I want to?"
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"Why do you want to?" Johnner. (edited)
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:14 PM
"It's fun."
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"Fun?" Johnner. (edited)
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:15 PM
"Yeah."
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"What’s fun about it?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:24 PM
"I... uh..."
6:24 PM
"It just is?"
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"Most of us have a reason. A specific one. Criminals play the role of the villain. Doesn’t matter if we believe we’re right. To the public, we’re bogeymen they all pray to be stopped. I keep going because I really do believe. EL keeps going because she’s a nutcase. That kind of thing." Johnner. "Yeah… I’m a villain. My brain was just wired for evil. Every day I live to make someone else’s day worse." The drunk girl, who is presumably EL.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:43 PM
"Right." I nod, but don't elaborate. (edited)
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"I’m asking what that reason is for you."
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 6:46 PM
"The same?"
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"As who?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 7:40 PM
"EL?"
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"So you’re just.. Evil?" He sighed in disappointment.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 7:43 PM
"Why does it matter?"
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"Just… Thinking about things." Johnner leaned back in his chair. "This hasn’t been the best week for me." "It’s just Monday." EL. "You know what I mean." Johnner groaned.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 7:55 PM
"I don't."
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"The past 7 days, not defined by specific week structure." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 7:58 PM
I nod.
8:01 PM
"What has the best week been for you?"
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"I've lost people. Failed missions that should've been easy. Usually I'd do fine, but the problems keep sta-" Johnner. EL interrupts him. "Shut up! Shut up! No one cares! Not a single person on earth wants to hear you whine incessantly! You're supposed to be the leader of a band of merciless villains and you can't stop acting like a baby! Can't you do us the favor of playing the cackling villain here too? If you wanna cry so bad do it in private or stuff it down like an adult!"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:04 PM
I stare at EL. "Why do you care so much? I don't 'want' to hear it, but I don't want to hear this either." (edited)
8:04 PM
"It's more comfortable than sitting in silence..."
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"Because I'm fucking tired of the whining! It's just nothing but pathetic babbling for the past week! Have you forgotten who we are, Johnner!? We're the bad guys. Bad! I don't give a shit if you wanna be some weirdo zealot, but we're not built for the emotional 'here are my feelings feelings' talk... We make the people cry, there's no point shedding our own tears! Let me live out this fantasy in peace!" EL. Johnner just lit up a cigarette silently.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:10 PM
I get up, grab another drink to drink, and sit down again to drink.
8:11 PM
"We're not living out much of anything right now."
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"Yeah! So let me drink in peace instead of this shit!" EL. "Christ, you're loud when you wanna be." Johnner finally responded. "Did I strike a nerve? I'll keep it in mind." He chuckled. She just chugged another drink instead of responding.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:19 PM
"Am I free to sleep?" (edited)
8:20 PM
"...Can we go out and rob a bank, or something like that?" (edited)
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"We're on call. My guess is we'll probably need to grab Hav again, and maybe Bob too." Johnner. (edited)
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:29 PM
"I prefer my idea."
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"To each their own." Johnner. Gordon walked in and spotted ???. "He's back...?"
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:31 PM
I wave at Gordon.
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"Sir, he broke down just last night after 2 days of being here! You can't-" Gordon. "Relax, I'll watch him this time. You'll be with EL." Johnner. "That's... Almost worse." Gordon.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:35 PM
"What are you talking about?"
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"Don't worry about it." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:38 PM
"How long has this guy been here for?"
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"Longer than you." Gordon. "No fighting." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 5/6/2023 8:44 PM
"What's his problem?"
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"You." Gordon. ((End session))
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((Saturday))
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"You." Gordon.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 4:03 PM
"...What?"
4:04 PM
"I am the opposite of a problem."
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"So you’re a solution? To what?" Gordon. Johnner's phone rings so he steps out of the room.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 4:22 PM
"I'm a solution to this group." (edited)
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"What does that mean?"
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 4:45 PM
"I solve problems they have. To them, I'm a broad solution."
4:45 PM
"What's so hard to understand?"
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"You’re a liability."
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 4:58 PM
"How?"
4:59 PM
I narrow my eyes while looking at him. "You seem like more of a liar-bility." (edited)
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He just sighs.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 5:26 PM
"What?"
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Johnner walks back in. "Come on, Marco. We've got a new mission."
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 5:46 PM
I turn to Johnner. "Oooh! What is it?" (edited)
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"We're going to get Bob Smith. Gordon and EL, you're getting Hav."
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 5:49 PM
"Bob Smith the YouTuber?"
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"Yeah, him. Come on." He walks out of the room.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 5:50 PM
I follow the boss eagerly.
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He leaves the mall.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 5:51 PM
I continue following without a word.
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Johnner keeps watching until Bob Smith comes into sight. Next to Bob is this woman. Johnner yells out. "Bob Smith! There you are!"
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 5:56 PM
I run up to Bob Smith and wave. "Come with us." (edited)
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Avengard / bob-and-unknown
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"Jeff, what the hell is this. Have you given me a mummy to go along with my daddy?" Bob snorts. (edited)
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:00 PM
"You know Jeffrey?"
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"Just call me Johnner." Johnner. "Bob, get behind me." The woman takes out a gun.
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"You know Jeffrey?"
"Well, yeah. He's my "boss." Though one of the folks around at team nine shot me and ended my career."
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:02 PM
I ignore the gun. "Oh. Is it true that you have magic powers?"
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Bob gets behind Sarah. "Who are you aiming at Sarah?"
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I ignore the gun. "Oh. Is it true that you have magic powers?"
"No. Anything I said beforehand about "powers" was a matter of delusion...it's nothing to be talked about...." (edited)
6:03 PM
"What's your name exactly?"
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"The crime boss just casually approaching you? After ditching Naomi, you can’t seriously think this is going to go well." Sarah. "Correct you are! This is gonna go pretty horribly for you." Johnner hands ??? a gun.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:04 PM
I grab the gun and look at Bob Smith. "We just want to take you in. It's not a problem."
6:04 PM
"My name is Marco Gould!"
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"Your not going to rope me into your bullshit again, Johnner. I'm going to give it up and-"
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:05 PM
"And what?"
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"Toooollld you. That letter was DEFINITELY for your sake." Bob sees Johnner behind him.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:06 PM
"...What are you talking about?"
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"Fuck! Bob. Make like a Sentasaurus and fly! Here's the costume." Bob sees Sarah behind him.
6:07 PM
"No! NO! None of you are real. Just get out of my life and let me solve this."
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((For note ??? does not see Bob's hallucinations of other people))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:08 PM
((ah. that makes sense))
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((??? can definitely hear Bob says these things though unless I say otherwise))
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Johnner takes out his own gun and shoots at Sarah.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:10 PM
I shoot at her too, and better.
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"...................."
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:10 PM
((1))
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"Aaaaannnnd she's dead. just like that. oops."
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??? misses entirely. Johnner hits her in the shoulder, causing her to drop her gun. "How’s that for a shot?" Johnner laughs. "Run!" Sarah starts running away.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:12 PM
I shoot her again.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:13 PM
((16))
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
6:13 PM
Bob runs away as fast as he can.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:14 PM
I shoot twice aiming at Bob's legs.
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Bob dodges.
6:15 PM
"What the FUCK are you doing? Look at your suit! Can't you fly?"
6:15 PM
"That's.... THAT'S RIGHT! I CAN FLY! I CAN FLY!"
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Bob cannot, in fact, fly.
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???
((16))
It misses.
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???
I shoot twice aiming at Bob's legs.
((Roll))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:16 PM
((8))
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"I'm.... I'M FLYING!!! I REALLY AM FLYING!" Bob visualizes the ground beneath him becoming a city."
6:17 PM
Bob is still running, for note.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:17 PM
I run after him.
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"I can see the stars... they're beautiful... BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Johnner does not follow.
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Bob is still running he's just pretending the sidewalk is space.
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((Both of you roll))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:18 PM
((16))
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((15))
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??? catches up to them. Sarah tries to tackle them.
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"WHAT!!!! NO WAY!!! THEY CAN FLY TOO!"
6:24 PM
"IF YOU KNOW ONE THING ABOUT ME, I'M THE BOMB! AYAYAYAYAYAYAYAI!"
6:24 PM
Bob punches ??? in the throat.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:25 PM
I try to tackle Bob too. (edited)
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((Both of you roll))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:25 PM
((17))
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((10))
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Bob does not punch ???. ??? tackles Bob successfully. Sarah tackles ??? successfully. They’re stuck together in a pile now.
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Bob attempts to explode.
6:29 PM
"No. NO! I'm... I'm normal....?"
6:29 PM
"Normal people... DON'T exlpode. Normal people... DON'T explode."
6:29 PM
Bob attempts to escape.
6:30 PM
"NORMAL! PEOPLE! DON'T! EXPLODE! NORMAL! PEOPLE! DON'T! EXPLODE!"
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:30 PM
I try to rip off Bob's legs.
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???
I try to rip off Bob's legs.
This doesn’t work.
6:31 PM
Sarah starts strangling ???.
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Bob runs.
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Bob is still under ???.
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Bob strangles ??? with Sarah.
6:32 PM
Bob tries to escape.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:33 PM
I try to shoot Sarah.
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((14))
6:39 PM
"I need to solve my own problems." (edited)
6:39 PM
If Bob escapes, he will strangle ???. Otherwise he will escape again. (edited)
6:40 PM
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!!" He says this to ???
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Bob gets out of the pile and strangles ???. ??? cannot shoot from this position. "You lose, you bastard!" Sarah.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:43 PM
I try to strangle Sarah back.
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Bob strangles ??? harder.
6:43 PM
"I WILL KILL YOU!"
6:43 PM
"I WILL NOT BE AFRAID ANYMORE!"
6:44 PM
"I WILL BE NORMAL! I WILL BE NORMAL!"
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"Game over." Johnner arrives and aims a shotgun point blank at Sarah. "Let him go before I kill her."
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Bob attempts to snap ???'s neck.
6:45 PM
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!" Johnner is crouching next to Bob.
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Sarah puts her hands in the air. Bob fails to snap ???'s neck. Johnner slams him in the face with the shotgun, knocking him back.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 6:46 PM
I continue trying to strangle Sarah.
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Bob attmpets to strangle ??? some more.
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"I’m serious, Bob! I’m gonna shoot her if you don’t back up right now!" Johnner. "Bob, I swear to god if you get me killed I’m going to haunt you for eternity!" Sarah.
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Bob attempts to strangle ??? some more.
6:49 PM
"I don't care what happens around me. This isn't a story."
6:49 PM
"You're going to kill someone for real if you don't let go Bob!" Sarah is next to ??? crouching next to Bob. (edited)
6:50 PM
"None of you... none of you are real! You're just pushing an agenda for me to submit to you!"
6:50 PM
"Your no better than Matrick!"
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"What the hell does that even-?" Sarah is interrupted by police sirens. Johnner tries to pull the trigger, but freezes up at the sirens. "Now of all times, Howard!?" Sarah uses this opportunity to fight him for the shotgun.
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"But Bob, I am a real therapist."
6:52 PM
"SHUT UP MATRIIICCCCKkKKKK!!"
6:52 PM
Bob strangles ??? harder.
6:53 PM
"The mentally ill serial killer is a trope in fiction where-"
6:53 PM
Bob strangles ??? harder. (edited)
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Johnner lets go off the gun and tackles Bob off of ???. "Get out of here, Marco! Howard’s even nuttier than this guy."
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Bob grabs ???'s leg.
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((Roll))
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((7))
6:55 PM
Bob uses his OTHER hand to grab ???'s leg.
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((Pichuis, roll too))
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 7:01 PM
((8))
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???'s legs are not caught.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 7:02 PM
I get up and try to shoot Bob's legs again.
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Johnner takes ???'s gun. "Come on, I told you we have to go!"
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Bob attempts to use his hands to grab ???'s leg.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 7:04 PM
"But what about the mission? I can do this!"
7:05 PM
I run away from Bob.
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Johnner follows. ((Channel split))
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Bob Smith BOT 5/13/2023 7:08 PM
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Sarah points the shotgun at them as they run away. "Put the weapon down!" Two police officers approach and take out their guns.
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Avengard / unknown
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"Howard’ll take any excuse to kill us. He’s practically begging to catch us in the act." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 7:09 PM
"Who's Howard?"
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"Howard Scott, a detective." Johnner ducks into an alleyway. "He must have some kind of death wish if he’s still fighting us, but he always seems to pull through."
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Marco Gould 5/13/2023 7:16 PM
"Oh." I nod and follow.
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"Well, this is an odd pairing." Alexi steps out of the shadows and points a gun at ???. ((End session))
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((No session this week unless I get a makeup session with someone else to go far enough))
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((No session this week))
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((Saturday))
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"Well, this is an odd pairing." Alexi steps out of the shadows and points a gun at ???.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:24 PM
I try to shoot Alexi.
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??? does not have a gun anymore.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:26 PM
I stare down at my hands and scream.
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"What are you doing?" Alexi. "And who the hell would you be?" Johnner aims his gun at Alexi.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:29 PM
"Y... yeah! Who the hell would you be!?" I point at Alexi.
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"This is a really crappy act." Alexi. "Act? And what exactly is he acting about?" Johnner.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:33 PM
"He's insane! And crazy!"
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"That’s a guy?" Johnner. "As much as this thrilling mystery about my gender must appeal to some fucking stupid moron, this isn’t the point of what’s happening right now." Alexi.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:37 PM
"What is?"
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"Are you going to stop playing dumb or do I have to kill you too?" Alexi. "You’re certainly confident to think you could take us on." Johnner. "That man barely has a face, and I’m probably only beating your lung cancer to it by a month. I think I’ll be fine." Alexi. "Ah… A smoking joke. I understand." Johnner. "Good job." Alexi.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:45 PM
I run for Alexi and try to tackle them.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:48 PM
((15))
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Alexi shoots ??? in the chest as they tackle her. Both fall to the ground. "You’re certainly brave." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:51 PM
"AAAAAGH!!"
2:51 PM
I grit my teeth and try to find Alexi's gun and force it into my hands.
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((Roll))
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 2:54 PM
((4))
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Alexi shoots ??? again, and kicks them off him. Johnner tries to shoot her, but it misses. "You wanna maybe explain who you are before you die?" Alexi backs away from both. "Oh, I’m not your usual breed of narcissist, sorry."
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:00 PM
"Agh!" I'm still reeling heavily from the bullet. "Why don't you join this team?"
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"Yeah, no. I don’t think I’m gonna do that." Alexi shoots Johnner, which also misses. "Don’t worry, Marco. I’ve got her. You don’t need to waste your time on this girl." Johnner. "What? Scared relying on your faceless goon makes you look incompetent? Trust me, it’s not even in the top 10 reasons." Alexi. "And whatever specific angle of misogyny you’re trying to use on me, it really isn’t helping."
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:08 PM
"What are you talking about?"
3:10 PM
I force myself up to my feet, not wanting to look as bad as Alexi. (edited)
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Alexi is standing up. This has been the case since they backed away. "Seems like she’s sensitive." Johnner shrugs. "Tries coming for the king, but can’t even handle this much. I’m embarrassed to see you. Don’t you have a boyfriend to go home and cry to?" He forces out a sinister sounding laugh. ??? can tell he’s just playing it up. "God, how the hell are you worse than Harriet? Am I doomed to be surrounded by only the worst?" Alexi. "Hey, lady… If everyone you see annoys you so much, maybe you ought to look at less mirrors?" Johnner. "It’d probably help you remember to shoot instead of constantly talking." He shoots at Alexi, grazing their side.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:16 PM
"Uuuuuthghh..." I slump down to the ground. "Help me!"
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((Their side refers to Alexi's))
3:18 PM
((In case you misunderstood))
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:19 PM
((I didn't. Marco is just in pain))
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Alexi ducks behind a trash container. "Newsflash, girl… You’re barking up the wrong tree here. You don’t mess with Jeff Johnner." Johnner. "I’m going to kill myself." Alexi. "Not really a threat in this conversation." He slowly approaches her. (edited)
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:25 PM
"Waaaah...!" I watch.
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Alexi shoved the garbage container at him, and tried to tackle him. Johnner responded by calmly kicking the large container back, trapping Alexi against the wall. "You may not think you’re the usual narcissist, but really… I’d say you’re just more boring than most." He forcefully takes their gun from his hand. "Ow!" Alexi grits her teeth.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:45 PM
"WAAAAAHH! KILL THEM!!"
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Johnner moves over to ??? and lifts them up. "I’ll leave it to her to learn her lesson. You’re… a bigger emergency."
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:52 PM
"Yes!" I breathe a sigh of relief, despite what I was demanding moments ago, and let Johnner lift me. (edited)
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"You really think… I’m going to stop there?" Alexi. "I consider it a recommendation." Johnner.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 3:57 PM
I laugh, which turns to coughing.
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"Unfortunately… I’m pretty stubborn. The day I listen to someone who thinks he knows better than me… Well, it’ll be a pretty cold day in hell." Alexi. "Then I recommend you not send yourself there yet." Johnner. "There’s only one way this ends. With me on top. On top of everything. So to that end, take this." Alexi tosses an active grenade at them.
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Marco Gould 6/3/2023 4:07 PM
"What the hell is that?"
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"Fuck!" Johnner tosses ??? into the garbage container for protection, knocking them out. ??? wakes up handcuffed to a chair, sitting at a table, in an unfamiliar room. Alexi is sitting across from them. ((End session))
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((Saturday))
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((I have to cancel your session sorry))
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((alright))
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((Saturday))
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((Sorry if this session sucks but it's between that or cancelling you the day of the session 2 weeks in a row))
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Alexi looks hurt. His right eye is entirely covered by a bandage, for example.
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"Uuugh..." I stirr awake, pulling and feeling uncomfortably constrained by the handcuffs. "Who are you?"
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"Are you seriously still playing dumb? We’re alone."
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"Where?"
2:07 PM
"I'm not dumb!"
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"Does that really matter?"
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"No! No it doesn’t! Because of you I’m missing an eye now, and I didn’t even get to kill him!"
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"I don't know what you're talking about."
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"Oh my god you’re so infuriating! Kill yourself, I swear to god…" She grips their own forehead in exasperation.
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I stare at her. "I can't."
2:13 PM
((new status))
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"It’s a figure of speech!"
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"It just means I hate you. How fucking (ableist slur) can you get?"
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"Um... I don't care?"
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"Ugh! What the hell is wrong with you?"
2:21 PM
I'm normal.
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"Can you do literally anything except the most annoying option? Are you doing this on purpose?"
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"Stop playing dumb!"
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"I'm not dumb."
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"Then why are you pretending to be?"
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"I'm not."
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"Oh my fucking god, I hate you so much…" (edited)
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"Why do you keep saying the same things?"
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"Why do you keep being a fucking moron? I’m perfectly complex, thank you very much."
2:34 PM
"Can you just untie me?"
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"No! You shot at me!"
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"I don't remember that."
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"You don’t- What?"
2:36 PM
I say this exasperatedly.
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"…Oh. Fuck."
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He takes out his phone and shows it. "Do you recognize this?"
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((the phone itself?))
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((Yes))
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I try to recall what that item would be.
2:46 PM
"...No?"
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She facepalms.
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"Can I go now?"
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"No! Just…" They sigh. "Are you sure you don’t remember anything? Prove it."
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"I don’t know…! That’s your job to figure out!"
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"That's not fair!"
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"You shooting me wasn’t fair either!"
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"Prove it!"
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"I hope you die screaming."
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"That doesn't prove anything."
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"I don’t have to prove myself to you!"
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"I don't have to prove myself to you!"
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"Yes you do, you’re literally tied up!"
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"You are too!"
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"No? What?"
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"This goes beyond amnesia your brain is fucking broken."
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"Prove it."
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"Literally just look at me. I’m not tied up."
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"I'm not tied up either. I'm handcuffed."
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"This is such a stupid game of semantics…"
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"You're stupid."
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"You’re stupid!"
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"No, you're stupid!"
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"You’re a stupid (ableist slur) baby!"
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"You're a stupid (ableist slur) baby!"
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"I bet you’re not even allowed to say that one!"
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"Ha!"
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"...Ha?"
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"I got you."
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"What are you talking about?"
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"I’m talking about the fact I got you."
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"You wouldn’t get it."
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"Because you’re a stupid baby."
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I shake my head.
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"…Ugh. Anyway, tell me what you do remember."
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"I remember... uh..."
3:39 PM
I try to remember the last events before I woke up here, and my own identity. (edited)
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Nothing.
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"How to talk."
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"That’s… Like… Intuitive."
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"At the very least, you don’t remember how conversations work."
3:48 PM
"This is a conversation."
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"But there’s a nuance to them you clearly don’t grasp. I’m like the cool superior asshole, but you can’t figure out half of what I’m saying."
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"I could if I wanted to, actually."
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"So you’re just purposely annoying?"
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"I'm not annoying."
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"Yes you are!"
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I sigh. "Prove it?"
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"Prove- The proof is that you’re annoying me!"
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"By being purposely obtuse!"
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"Nuh-uh."
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"N- What do you mean Nuh-uh? Are you 5 years old?"
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"No. I meant no."
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"I know what it literally means!"
3:57 PM
I sit there and look at her.
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"What’s your name?"
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"I don't know."
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"Have you considered just making one up?"
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"Why would I?"
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"Because names are like… A representation of who we are. Even if no one tells you who you are for you, you just pick out a name you like and that’s how everyone will know you. No one gave me my name either."
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"But I don't have a use for one right now. I just woke up."
4:05 PM
"You can call me..." I delve into my subconscious and try to think of a name. "......"
4:05 PM
"Alexi. Sure."
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"Oh, fuck you. Is that really the best you can do?"
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"Probably not? Does it matter?"
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"Yes, it matters! If you can’t remember who you are, that means you’re supposed to figure it out."
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"Why did you ask me about making up a name if I'm supposed to 'figure it out'?" (edited)
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"Because the past is worthless. If I decide my name is John instead tomorrow, then the name Alexi is worthless."
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"...Okay?"
4:31 PM
"You're not me, anyway, so that doesn't make sense."
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"What? What I'm saying is that figuring out who you are is about deciding it right now."
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"Then do that!"
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"I just did."
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"You can't just steal my name!"
4:47 PM
"I don't know your name!"
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"Alexi! My name is Alexi!"
4:49 PM
"That is a weird coincidence."
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"What are you talking about? You obviously picked it to just to make fun of me!"
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"I did not!"
4:50 PM
"You only just told me what it is."
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"I've definitely told you before."
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"I do not remember that."
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"...Whatever."
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"So can I go?"
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"How do I know you're not just going to run straight back to Johnner?"
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"...I don't know who that is."
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"But he knows who you are. And he could very easily come and kidnap you."
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"Then what?"
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"Then you'll just go back to his side or something!"
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"...Why would that matter?"
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"Because you'll shoot me again!"
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"With a gun, asshole!"
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"I can understand why I would if this is how you treat me."
5:26 PM
"Couldn't you just stop getting in my way?"
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"I treat you like this because you shot me, (ableist slur)! I may be an asshole, but you deserve all of this!"
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"...I won't shoot you again?" (edited)
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"I'm asking you to give me a reason to believe that!"
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"I don't shoot people for no reason."
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"Yes, you do!"
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"That would be a waste of time."
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"Oh my god... How is that your only reason? Don't you understand the concept of sympathy?"
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"I don't know what that is."
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"I can tell."
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"What is it?"
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"It means caring about people who aren't you. I have my faults but at least I understand what that is."
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"This doesn't make anything clearer."
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I sigh.
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"How does it not?"
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"Not caring about you would make me less likely to shoot you."
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"Oh my god, you're insufferable. At least try to comprehend anything I'm saying if you expect me to just let you out!"
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"I am!!! You're just yelling at me again and again!"
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"Because you're the worst!"
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((You might have a session late on Saturday but it depends on other things))
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Harriet speaks from outside of the room. "Alexi?"
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"Hello?" I yell back.
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"What?" Alexi.
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"HELP ME!"
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"...I have the document," Harriet.
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"What document!?"
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Harriet rolls inside. ((Channel switch))
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Avengard / harriet-and-unknown
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The second they see each other, both lose consciousness. ((End chapter))
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9: Anthropic Guilt
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Avengard / unknown
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??? is laying on an operating table, strapped to it and unable to escape. On their head is a strange device, plugged into a larger machine. However, that's not what ??? sees. They're standing on the side, spectating this event.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 2:31 PM
"...Unhh..."
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I stare forward at the body. "...Who are you?" (edited)
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"Where am I!?" ??? screamed. "Ah, are we back?" FB spoke from behind a one-way mirror. "Good morning, test subject. Though to me... It's quite early in the afternoon. Our previous experiment was an absolute success. Truly, you deserve a round of applause. As your hands are rather occupied right now, allow me to do it for you." FB clapped. "Let me out...! Let me out!" ???.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 2:38 PM
"That voice..."
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I glare at FB. "Hello...? Who are you!? Where are we?" (edited)
2:38 PM
"Let me out!" (edited)
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"Please... No need to worry. You shall endure no permanent harm. Are you familiar with the story of the tree in the woods... With no one around to hear it. Do you truly experience temporary pain if you cannot remember it? Is all the suffering in the world worth anything once you forget it? No. Of course not. Scars are only as present as they are visible. The human being is nothing but a composite of these many insignificant scars. I have freed you from that. In some senses, you should find yourself grateful. You are free from the life you once led. You have become what you were meant to be." FB. "Shut up! Let me out!" ???. "Please do not make me shock you again. I do not find this stretch of all our conversations particularly worthwhile. I'm attempting to converse with you rationally." FB.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 2:53 PM
I look for a way out of the room I'm in.
2:53 PM
"Is that... me?"
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There's a door. "I'm rationally telling you to leave!" ???. "Very well, then... We'll proceed to the EHN pc test." FB. The machine around ???'s head lights up. (edited)
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 2:56 PM
AAAAAAAAAAGHH!!
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Avengard / unknown
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 2:58 PM
I take the door out.
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???'s hand just goes through the handle. Ehn walks out from the other side. "Excellent... So it's completely functional. Thank you for the experiment. I'll allow you to rest for now, and move on." FB left. ??? breathes heavily without saying anything. "Morning, Jay!" Ehn hops up on the operating table.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 3:05 PM
"What's happening to me?" (edited)
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"Who... Are you?" ???. "No dog questions this time, huh? They really did a number on you this time. To cut to the chase, I'm your best friend! You might even say I'm your only friend." Ehn. "...I have human friends." ???. "Yeah, yeah, I get it. I ask you to name one, you can't do it, so on and so forth. Routine's a little tired at this point. Today though... You get to escape from hell!" Ehn smiled overconfidently. "Stretch and check your pocket. You're welcome! I did aaaall of that. Somehow." ??? did so, and pulled out a powerful knife.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 3:11 PM
"No, what? You're... Ehn, aren't you?"
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"What do I do with this?" ???. "You... Cut yourself free? That felt kind of obvious." Ehn. ??? starts doing this.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 3:27 PM
"..." I stare at ??? hopelessly.
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??? breaks free and runs out the door. "No thanks? Sheesh…" Ehn follows.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 3:29 PM
I follow them.
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They’re standing in a plain hallway. The building seems like a hospital, but without any pretence of comfort. It’s a disturbingly sterilized white, like a human has never lived here. ??? runs off down the corridor.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 3:32 PM
I continue following ???. Talking seems pointless, so I just follow, blankly failing to make sense of the situation.
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??? turns the corner, and comes face to face with several men in white suits. They all point their guns at him. "Why are you outside!? Get back in your cell!" ??? tries to stab them. "I’m innocent!" "Jay, what are you doing are you stupid!?" Ehn.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 3:49 PM
"How would they be stupid? That's smart!" I yell at the dog.
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The men in white suits immediately get out of the way and avoid ???. ??? keeps running. "Oh right. Thank goodness for plot armour." Ehn follows.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 4:59 PM
I follow.
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The white suits chase after them. An alarm starts to ring. "It’s a bit dramatic, don’t you think?" Ehn.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 5:03 PM
"..."
5:04 PM
I'm not sure what that means.
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??? is suddenly caught from behind, and strangled by Marco Gould himself. "Slow down there."
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 5:08 PM
"Who the hell is that?"
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Marco brings a gun to ???'s head. "Stop it! Are you insane? We don’t just kill people for no reason, especially not people they’re supposed to study." Gordon approached them.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 5:18 PM
I glare at Gordon. "You..."
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"He’s not listening." Marco. "I assume that’s because you put a gun to his head. Marco… You want to live the high life, right? You’re never going to accomplish anything if you try to kill everyone. The subtler responses mean a lot in this business." Gordon.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 5:39 PM
"No! Don't listen to Gordon! Kill them! Or, uh... ugh!" (edited)
5:40 PM
"It doesn't work. I'm not... here."
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Marco loosens his grip on ???, disappointed. ??? responds by trying to stab him, which causes Marco to shove them away. ??? easily runs past Gordon, who doesn’t even try to do anything.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 5:47 PM
I just stare at Gordon, wanting to hear what comes out of the coward's mouth next.
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??? never experienced that memory. They simply kept running, until they arrived at the indoor parking lot.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 5:51 PM
"..." I grasp my head.
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In the parking lot are several trucks, like the one ??? was imprisoned in during chapter 2. ??? gets in one and tries to drive it, but does not have the key. "The garage door's locked anyway, you've gotta go a different way." Ehn explains. "I'll lead you!"
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 5:54 PM
"I don't even... know how to use that thing..."
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??? doesn't stop trying to use the truck despite both of these facts. "What are you doing!?" Ehn. "What are you doing?" ???. "I just... I just explained that." Ehn. "I didn't agree to it." ???.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 6:00 PM
"What am I doing?"
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"What are you doing?" Ehn. "This car would be faster." ???. "But it... But it doesn't work." Ehn. "You don't know that." ???. "Yes I do!" Ehn.
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I stare confused and nonplussed.
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Marco and Gordon run into the parking lot, causing ??? to finally get out of the truck. Ehn starts running to a door on the other side, and ??? follows. "Alright, let's see your genius plan, Gordon." Marco. Gordon sighs and grabs onto ??? as they run. "Stop running. You're only making things worse for yourself! You may not see it now, but we're the good guys. We're trying to help you." ??? responds by stabbing him with the knife.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 6:14 PM
"Hah! Hahaha! You get that liar, Alexi!"
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"What the-" Gordon grabs the knife and stumbles back. "How did you... Get this?" ??? tries to grab the knife again, but gets tackled by Marco. "Alright you piece of shit! Enough!" Marco.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 6:28 PM
"Shut up and die!"
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??? pushes him off, but Marco grabs onto the side of the hospital gown ??? is wearing and pulls it off as he falls. Marco covers his eyes instinctively despite the lack of anything there, and ??? escapes through the door. "Wow... I did not think you could fight at all. Well, almost there!" Ehn runs through the next room, and arrives at a brick wall. "Just press this brick right here." She points to one.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 6:32 PM
I follow ??? eagerly. "Go! Gogogogogo!"
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They press the brick, causing a secret passage to open into what look like normal sewers. …The sewers ??? saw in chapter 1. They keep running.
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"What? Wait! No...! What if... White people appear?" I keep running. (edited)
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Naturally, sewers are full of water. Even the parts where water isn't moving across are incredibly wet. It would be incredibly stupid to run barefoot without thinking, but that is exactly what ??? is doing. And so naturally, as he entered the same area he woke up in on day 1, he slipped.... and hit the ground with enough force to hurt damage his brain even more than it already was. The world goes black.
6:51 PM
That was the end of his days there, but those days are significant as well. You have to understand them, Jay. I rewind the clock back to your previous iteration, the brief time where you lived as the fictional character Chiaki Nanami from Danganronpa 2.
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Alexi Braun 7/1/2023 6:58 PM
...That's absurd.
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((End session))
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??? wakes up on a bed, in a real bedroom. She currently believes herself to be Chiaki Nanami from Danganronpa 2. There are no windows, but there is a door. The room has been customized to look like hers.
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I attempt to recall the location of the bedroom I'm in.
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She doesn’t remember.
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"Huh. Where am I? This is weird. It's sorta like a video game."
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EL walks into the room, drunk as always. "Chiaaaaki, there you are."
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"...Hey."
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"How are you, buddy?" EL wraps her arm around ???'s shoulders.
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"Sleepy."
5:03 PM
I yawn.
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"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever… Come with me." She drags them out of the room, into the facility’s corridors.
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"Where are we going?"
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"Around. To talk to people."
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"Greeeat. You’re the best!" She keeps dragging ???.
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"Um... thanks."
5:32 PM
I let myself be dragged.
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They run into Gordon. "…Hi, EL." "Hiiiii." EL.
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"…What’s up?" Gordon says uncomfortably. "This evil mastermind is just hanging out with her minion!" EL.
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"Evil mastermind?" I sound surprised.
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"Of course! What do you get if you take the vi out of evil? That’s right! Me, EL!" EL.
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"Yeeeeeees?" EL.
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"Nothing."
6:15 PM
"I was just saying hi."
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"Great! You're the best, Chiaki!" EL. "Is this not... Creepy to you?" Gordon.
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"Is what not creepy?"
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"Nothing! It's completely normal for you to be my minion, right?" EL.
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"Yeah." I smile.
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"Yaaaaaaay!" EL. "EL... Do you not have any compassion for him?" Gordon. "Compassion? Of course not! I am evil, after all!" EL.
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"Who's 'him'?"
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"He's misgendering you." EL. "That's... A disingenuous way to put it." Gordon.
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"Apologize to her, right Chiaki?" EL.
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"It's okay." I rub my eyes.
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"Come on, don't you want to fuck with Gordon?" EL.
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"Fuck with. Obviously you're so gay for me." EL. "Can you please stop saying the first thing that pops into your head without any thought." Gordon facepalmed.
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"No." I smile. (edited)
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"She's saying that to you. Anyway, come ooooon Chiaki, follow me! We've gotta explore around." EL drags her off again. "Do you just like torturing people?" Gordon calls this out after them.
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I continue to go along.
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This girl is the next person they run into. "Oh, hi EL. Chiaki."
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"Sup, Eryn! Me and my minion were just hanging around." EL. "You're not usually this... Excitable. I thought violent depression was more your style." Eryn. "I change it up, you know how it is!" EL. "Not really." Eryn.
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"I know how it is."
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EL highfives Chiaki. "Yeah!"
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I take EL's hand and hold it.
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"Ah-" EL is caught off-guard by this. "Uh... Huh?"
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"Ahahahahaha... Don't do that." EL pulls her hand away roughly. "No time for love with villains, huh?" Eryn. "I'm the type of girl you admire from a distance while I kill your family, y'know? Because I'm so violently evil." EL.
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"Say you know, Chiaki." EL.
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"I... know?"
7:27 PM
I'm confused.
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"There you go!" EL. "You're having way too much fun with this, aren't you?" Eryn. "Oh, like you wouldn't do the same if she thought she was Carolyn." EL. "That's- A false equivalence." Eryn.
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"Don’t worry about it." EL.
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"Alright."
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"I'm sure it'll just work out."
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EL bursts out laughing. "Chiaki, can I just run a test on you quickly?" Eryn.
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"Can you name at least 10 of your classmates?" Eryn. (edited)
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I try to think of the names of 10 of my classmates.
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She can remember the names of the cast of danganronpa 2.
8:38 PM
"Hajime, Nagito, Kazuichi, Fuyuhiko, Peko, Mahiru, Hiyoko, Mikan, Nekomaru, and Gundham..."
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"Can you name me their talents?" Eryn.
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"Of course."
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She waits.
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"Are you… Going to say it?" Eryn. (edited)
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"Why not?" Eryn.
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"That would take too long."
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"Just name some." Eryn.
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"The Ultimate Gamer. The Ultimate Nurse. The Ultimate Lucky Student. The Ultimate Chef."
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"Okay, good. Seems like he- she’s remembering properly." Eryn. "How could she forget?" EL says sarcastically.
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"Anyway, come on. Let’s get some breakfast now." EL heads to the dining room.
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I follow her.
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There’s a large quantity of food of various types. EL pours herself some cereal. "The most evil food."
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I look for a less evil food.
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There’s a lot of other foods.
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I eat some fruit.
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"Fruit?”
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"Yeah. It's fruit." (edited)
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"…Why?"
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"It's the most good food."
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"According to who?"
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"Is that something you remember?"
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"It's my intuition."
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"Huh?" EL.
10:41 PM
I drink some milk.
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"Sheesh, like a wild animal." EL.
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I put the carton down and finally take a seat.
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She eats cereal.
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"If I say the name FB, does that ring any bells?" EL.
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I sorta try to recall anything or anyone by that name.
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It terrifies ??? for some reason.
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"...Let's talk about something else." (edited)
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"Huh? Don’t order me around, minion." EL.
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"I wasn't."
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"You were!" EL.
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"Don’t question me!" EL.
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"Hm… What was I supposed to run you through, again…" EL.
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((Saturday))
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"Hm… What was I supposed to run you through, again…" EL.
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((Saturday))
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"Hm… What was I supposed to run you through, again…" EL.
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"Oh well. We’ll figure it out." She shrugs.
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"I'm sure if you just do it, it'll all work out!"
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"That’s the spirit!"
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She stares at ??? for a moment, looking uncomfortable. "What would… Sorry, it’s a weird question."
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"What would what?"
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"What would you think if you weren’t real?"
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"...I wouldn't think?"
3:06 PM
"Things must be real to think." (edited)
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"Well like… Metaphorically, you know?"
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"Not really."
3:09 PM
I obviously know I'm not real, but I can't admit that. (edited)
3:10 PM
I smile. "I'd think... That it doesn't matter, if I can still impact other people." (edited)
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She bites her lip. "What if you could only hurt them?"
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"Then..."
3:17 PM
"How could that happen?"
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"Details, details. Whatever."
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"I would..."
3:26 PM
I stare at EL blankly. "I don't know."
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"Well, thanks for trying I guess."
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"...No problem."
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She holds out a foldable knife. "Hold this. But keep it hidden, okay?"
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"Okay." I feel a little nervous, but it's not like it'll matter. I take the knife and hold it behind me.
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"Alright, let’s go!" EL leaves the room.
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I follow closely behind her.
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They arrive in front of 3 doors. The rightmost one reads Nathan Smith, but as soon as EL notices this she covers ???'s eyes. "No peeking, sorry."
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"Huh? Okay."
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She leads ??? through the middle door. Inside is the room ??? usually lives in, in a sense. "Sit down on the surgery bed."
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I sit down on what I think is the surgery bed.
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"Ah, thank you EL." FB’s voice speaks. EL jumps in shock. "Jesus Christ, why do you have to do the speaker thing? Can’t you walk here yourself?" "I find the distance between myself and the subjects comforting, though we may be equals. Such is how the mind works." FB.
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"Subjects...?"
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"Don’t worry about it, just lay down." EL. "Yes, so as she says." FB.
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"Are you sure...?" I look at EL, seeming a little scared.
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"Yeah, yeah, just do it." EL.
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"..." I lay down.
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EL straps ??? in so they can’t escape.
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I close my eyes.
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"Goodbye, Chiaki." EL. "Does it matter? She will be reformed into a better self." FB. And then the world goes black.
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??? is standing next to themselves again. EL is not in the room, but FB is talking. "Good morning." "Where am I!?" ??? screamed. "Must we do this every single time? It’s quite tiring." FB. "Let me out...! Let me out!" ???.
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"What? No!"
4:34 PM
I yell at FB. "Stop it! STOP!"
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"Allow me to explain the purposes of what we are going to do today. This will require no pain or harm on your end for once. I am simply going to read a story to you, as I often do. Do you somehow recall the concept of danganronpa? It’s rather niche." FB. "What? What does that mean?" ???. "I will assume not." FB.
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"Dan... gan... what?"
4:38 PM
I stare at ???. "What?"
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"Danganronpa is a video game series. For the purposes of this test, you will become one of its characters. Chiaki Nanami." FB. "I can’t become a fictional character. That doesn’t make any sense." ???. (edited)
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"Agh! Chiaki... that was my name! Chiaki Nanami!" (edited)
4:42 PM
I clutch my head. "Aghhhh!"
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"I will read to you the story." And so he did. The scene flashes back to before. It’s a similar scene, but this time ??? is shocked. Similar painful experiments also follow throughout the next few experiments. Eventually, ??? passes through enough flashbacks to reach the times before the one way mirror. When FB himself stood in the room with them.
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"Who… are you?" ???. "My name is FB. I am a humble man, who lives a life like any other. It’s not my formal occupation, but for your purposes you may consider me somewhat of a surgeon or a scientist."
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"FB is a stupid name!!"
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"That’s a stupid name." ???. "Yes, but all names are meaningless don’t you think?" FB.
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"I don't care!"
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"No they aren’t." ???. "But you don’t even have a name, do you? It’s been taken from you. Ripped away like everything you have. Your very existence is meaningless. It is not true life. You are… But a mere infant." FB.
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I cover my ears.
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Sound still comes through. It’s a memory, after all. "Infants can’t speak!" ???. FB takes a moment to consider its "Hm… True enough. But I was merely being metaphorical. What do you believe is the essence of human life? What… Makes us who we are?"
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"Breathing! Breathingbreathingbreathingbreathing!" I yell.
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"Breathing." ???. "What? No… What? Breathing allows us to live, but it defines nothing about us." FB.
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"You're wrong! It defines what we do every moment!"
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"What defines it then?" ???. "There are 2 beliefs. The first school of thought is a more faith based approach. It places inherent value in human life. In the belief that we possess souls. We are thus inherently defined by our mere birth. This interpretation is incorrect. The truth is… People are merely machines. Our lives have no value whatsoever." FB.
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"'Value'???"
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"Do you know how an artificial intelligence works? Not something out of fantasy, but out of reality." FB. "Those aren’t real." ???. "Yes, they are. They are algorithms. They simply absorb information and process it in the ways they have been programmed to. Merely slaves to experience." FB. (edited)
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"You are entirely shaped by memories. And through you and the others… I have proven it. I have taken away everything that makes you you. And I shall create an entirely new person in your place." FB. (edited)
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"......"
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"In some senses, this may be considered like murder. I have erased all traces of you… I have killed you every single day of your life for the past few years. But… Like you, I am also simply a machine. The actions I take are not good or evil… I simply follow what I am made to do. I have no real personal beliefs. I simply adapt to what my own memories have built towards. I find that to be a much more ideal way to live." FB.
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"...I don't believe you."
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"That doesn’t make any sense." ???. "Perhaps to you. But when I have fully uncovered the intricacies of your mind, you will understand the same. I will create the perfect person. Someone who remembers how to do everything… And simultaneously… One who understands their purpose as a mere cog. Such is the power of memory manipulation. I can rewrite existence itself." FB.
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"I don't believe you."
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"I don’t believe you." ???. "Think about it for a moment. How do you know what occurred a few second ago? You simply remember it. If memory is changed… Erased… Outright replaced… Then history can be rewritten entirely. A man can be created or erased entirely all at the manipulation of memory. If I enacted this on a greater scale, the flow of life itself would be in the palm of my hand. Of course, this would simply be the product of my role as a cog. I am no god… I’m simply another man with this power." FB.
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"I don't believe you."
6:16 PM
I barely understand what those words mean.
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"I don’t understand what those words mean." ???. "A shame. But how about a demonstration? Simply watch as I erase this conversation from existence." FB walks over to a machine, and presses a button.
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"Nothing happened."
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The world goes black, and the scene seems to restart. FB's actions do not repeat however. He just sits down next to ??? and begins reading from a book.
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I sit on the floor.
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"What are you doing?" ???. "Reading you a story." FB. "…Why?" ???. "I never used to enjoy fiction. Life is best when it’s simple. But an old friend taught me that fiction just as simple. People live to their roles just the same. It’s comforting now." FB.
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"I just want FB to die."
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FB keeps reading the story.
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I push the words out of my mind.
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When he finishes the story, the scene changes. It goes through a few other stories and instances where ??? is just left alone for hours. Sprinkled in between are some of the experiments. It eventually stops feeling terrifying and just sort of gets boring and numb.
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Eventually, ??? seems to break the cycle. Or rather, not enter into it yet. During one of FB's stories, they finally ask the question. "Who… Am I?"
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"No one, really. You are you and you are nothing. Because you have no self." FB. "What if I went outside?" ???. "You would become a new person, I assume. Not one I would allow to exist, however. You’re needed here." FB.
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It makes sense.
8:04 PM
...
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"Well, who was I before?" ???. "I fail to see the relevance. That self is no longer yours." FB. "No longer 'mine'? So is it someone else’s?" ???.
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"Oh my. It seems you turned that around on me, unexpectedly." FB pauses. "You’re correct, I suppose there’s no use hiding it. The person your body once housed still exists. They live a simple life on the outside. They stole your body and name, and thus you have nothing to go back to. Does this make things simple?" FB. "…" ???.
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"Good. I’m glad that’s shut you down. Shall we continue the story?" FB.
8:35 PM
Uuuuugh...
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He continues without an answer. The scene changes, but this time Harriet is also standing next to you outside of the scene.. ((End session.))
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 2:09 PM
Harriet stares, astonished.
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"Why are you standing?"
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 2:21 PM
"That's a great question," Harriet says flatly.
2:21 PM
"I don't have an answer."
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"You are now born anew." FB says this. "What? Let me go." ???.
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 2:23 PM
"I don't understand why I need to see this," Harriet says.
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"I don't understand why the hell you're here."
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 2:58 PM
"My job, apparently, is to bear witness to an awful lot of terrible shit while able to do nothing about it."
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"Are you good at it?"
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"Soon you will be born once again as your perfect self. But we have not reached there, quite yet. For now, we shall experiment with a blank slate." FB. "Let me go! I don’t know what you’re talking about!" ???.
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:03 PM
"What happened to you?" Harriet says.
3:03 PM
I stare at Harriet. "......That's not me." (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:04 PM
Harriet frowns. "Who is it, then?"
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It is quite unmistakably ???.
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"I don't know???"
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:06 PM
"Forgive me for not believing you."
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"Oh. Are you truly so hostile? I suppose a baby who possesses the English language might not be so different." FB. "Shut up! Let me go!" ???.
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"I hate that person!"
3:16 PM
I stand still for a moment. "Wait, what?"
3:16 PM
"Um... Listen, do you know a way out of here?" (edited)
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This creepy looking person enters the room. "Now, FB... Were you truly so unready?"
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"Um... Listen, do you know a way out of here?" (edited)
Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:20 PM
"I've sort of been.. stuck, here, for the last few hours.. just watching things that've already happened. I talked to God, but it didn't do much good. Prayer with bloody hands doesn't get me anywhere..." Harriet mumbles, drifting off into near-incoherency.
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"I'm the same. I did the same thing.
3:23 PM
"God? You mean Jeff's boss?"
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:24 PM
Harriet frowns. "I don't know who they were."
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"He's "the perfect person", apparently."
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:27 PM
"What's his name?"
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"...God?"
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:29 PM
"No, Jeff's boss."
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"SM? Is something wrong?" FB. "No. I just wanted to speak to him." SM, supposedly, walks over to the other ??? and whispers. "Gods truly do exist." "What?" ???.
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:32 PM
"What?"
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"Say it back." SM. ??? whispers. "Gods... Truly do exist."
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:34 PM
"His full name can't seriously be God."
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"Why wouldn't it be?"
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"Her name is Ehn." SM smiles sinisterly. "And you're going to help me kill her." A small white semi-transparent animal enters the room, and the world goes fully black.
3:36 PM
((That's the end of chapter 9))
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10: Advanced Gaming
πŸ”₯ 4
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The 2 awaken in separate small cages in the center of what looks like a storage room. ??? recognizes this room. Harriet can't stand anymore though.
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"Get over here."
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:38 PM
"I'm in a cage and my legs don't work."
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"Crawl."
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:43 PM
"They're seperate cages." Harriet says fiercely, then nearly blinds herself with the force of her hand smacking against her face. Fuck. She thought she was over that.
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"Crawl through!!"
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:50 PM
"What's wrong with you?" Harriet says, and nearly gives herself a black eye in the process. "Go kill yourself or something, I can't handle this right now -"
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"Kill... myself? What?" (edited)
3:55 PM
"Why are you punching yourself?"
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 3:56 PM
"It's sort of a recurring problem."
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"I saw that."
4:00 PM
"What are you going to do about the cage, then?" (edited)
4:00 PM
"Just sleep here forever like a baby?"
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 4:06 PM
"Wait to wake up," Harriet says stubbornly. "I always do. In the end I always wake up."
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"You're not sleeping."
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 4:23 PM
"I wasn't sleeping before, either, when I met with you." Harriet says. "I still woke up."
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Harriet Kadin 8/19/2023 4:34 PM
((Gotta go))
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Several people walk in, including Dana Craig, Ariel May, and Lelouch Maoziwam. ((End session))
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Avengard / dana-harriet-lelouch-unknown
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Hu….h…? I look around the room frantically. Yes, I’m fucking frantic now, fine! There was… supposed to… Hey, wait, this is the room from… My eyes stop on him. That fucking guy!!! β€œYOU!” I point my gun at him. This disgusting, amnesiac, walking dead to rightsβ€”Why… after all this time…. No, no, if he’s locked up, I should… I, it’s… The one at fault, I mean, logically, I’m, I should be asking, towards… I turn around quickly, pointing my gun at the red-haired man. β€œGORDOOOOON! What the FUCK IS THIS?! YOU SAID HE WAS HERE AND ALONE, DIDN’T YOU?! DID YOU THINK YOU COULD CHEAT ME? IS THAT THE KIND OF SAP YOU TAKE ME FOR?”
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"Gordon!? What? Where??"
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The green haired girl looks at ??? and then back to Dana. "Wait, you know him too?" Gordon raises his hands in the air defensively. "He's in a cage, and probably lost his memory again. I didn't think it counted."
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β€œThat’s not what I asked!” I continue aiming at him.
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:04 PM
Harriet Kadin has no idea what the fuck is going on. No one ever tells her anything.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:04 PM
Lelouch lelouches next to green-haired girl.
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"Hi!" Ariel May says hi to Harriet.
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:05 PM
"Uh, hi?" Harriet says. "Who are you? What's happening? You're very pink."
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β€œShut the fuck up, Ariel! I’mβ€”there’s only one fucking reason I came here, why is he not here? How was your intelligence inept enough to misplaceβ€”misidentify, the, to…” I’m fucking
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:06 PM
"Why am I in a cage." Harriet says flatly.
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"We've only checked one room. Nothing confirms he's not here." Gordon says this and then turns to Harriet. "A friend of yours threw a grenade at Johnner's face. He didn't take it well."
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:08 PM
Harriet frowns. "I see there's some kind of, um, hugely emotional dramatic thing happening here - related to your, uh, various personal neuroses - but I honestly don't think I need to be here right now. This doesn't - involve me, I want to be - seperate from whatever deranged bullshit is happening right now, cleanly severed - fuck."
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Right. Right, of course. There’s more places. I knew this. Just wanted to see if I could catch him off guard. β€œThis is the kind of thingβ€”If you know there’s other people, then you mention it…!” I look at the woman I don’t know. β€œWhat are you fucking talking about?”
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"Ms Lelouch? Should I spray her?" Green haired girl.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:09 PM
"Uh- Absolutely!" Lelouch's guard is up up up.
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β€œWhy, with the perfume…” I sigh at this irrelevant detail.
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"Look.... I didn't think you'd run into him. He's basically just a child inside. I don't like him, but don'rt hurt him." Gordon. Jade sprays Harriet with perfume.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:11 PM
"Way to go Jade!" Lelouch cheers on for a task that doesn't really deserve it.
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β€œYouβ€”what do you mean, β€˜personal neuroses’?! Are you looking down on me?!” Eyes wide open, I ignore Gordon for now and stare at the new woman. I’mβ€”I’m only perturbed, because…. I just, it’s trying to stop her from… um… Dana Craig stares at the person in question with eyes that look on the verge of tears, devotedly playing the part of rage. She’s running on fumes right now, and she knows it. But acknowledging this beyond the bare minimum would topple an entire house of cards.
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I stare around at everyone in here. "You..." I look at the girl spouting nonsense. "Is your name Dana?"
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β€œShut the fuck up, Jay! I have bigger fish to fry!”
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:16 PM
Harriet squints up at the strange woman standing above her. "Sorry - I wasn't looking down on you. I'm not really allowed to do that anymore, which is a stupid thing to hear and an even stupider thing to try and explain, but - you have a gun. And I - I can help, somehow. This situation is - salvageable, right?" Harriet's breathing is heavy. "I can rectify it. I'm really, really good at defusing tension."
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"Fish... fish? Do you know Hav Kerloe?"
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:17 PM
"And I'm not dangerous, either. If you let me out of the cage I'll just be prime meat, see? My legs don't work. I can be the whipping girl."
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β€œWhat the fuck are you talking about? Don’t get me involved inβ€”-euuuurgh! You fucking pervert!” I don’t even know. E-Everyone’s an enemy. I look everywhere. Shit.
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"Hav? How the hell do you remember his name?" Gordon.
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"I don't want to talk to you, you traitor!" (edited)
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:19 PM
Harriet frowns. "It's not a sex thing. Anymore. From this point on it's not a weird sex thing, not that it ever was - fuck. I'm - looking in other directions, right now." She shifts her eyes up to Jade.
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Jade tries to open Harriet's cage and fails. "There's a key, it's probably around here somewhere. You 3, go look for it in this room."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:21 PM
"Don't worry, faithful maiden. We'll find a way to get you out!" Lelouch seems more focused on the fact that Harriet's in a cage than whatever the fuck's going on with Dana and ???.
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β€œWhat? Huh? I….” I mean, β€˜you three’ could refer to any combination of people. Probably not me. I don’t understand why I’dβ€” this isn’t a rescue mission. Who even is this? I continue to stand here worthlessly.
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Ariel and Gordon look around the room.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:22 PM
"Hey- Jade told you to search for a key, so search for a key!" Lelouch says this to Dana.
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"Did you put me in this cage, Gordon?"
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"Well, I didn't oppose it." Gordon.
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β€œGGGEEAGH!” I hold my head. β€œI hate you! I fucking hate you!” I back up into some corner of the room to incidentally see if I can spot a key there.
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((Roll))
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((8))
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Dana finds nothing. "I found her wheelchair." Gordon brings back a wheelchair. "Dana, look over here!" Ariel calls out to her. She's standing in front of some kind of desk.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:24 PM
Lelouch does not attempt to search for a key, instead looking at the woman in the cage. "So, what's your name?" (edited)
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β€œHuh?” I look over to Ariel.
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:25 PM
"Harriet," Harriet says, bulwarked by the attention. "And yours?"
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Ariel lifts up a paintbrush. "There's some other stuff in here, too."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:26 PM
"Lelouch. Lelouch Maoziwam!" She says the first name with more emphasis than the surname. "Who locked you in this cage? Was it a guy? Guys will do that, they're pigs." (edited)
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β€œOh, shit.” I stare at the paintbrush. β€œThat means… mm.”
2:26 PM
((Who the fuck is Lelouch Moawizam))
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I lay down on the ground and pout.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:27 PM
(FYUCK()
2:27 PM
(you saw nothing)
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Jade looks walks over to the desk and grabs a few things. "It might be the wrong key, but it's the only one here." She walks over to Harriet's cage and presses it against the lock. It very clearly doesn't fit, and yet the door magically swings open unlocked.
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β€œShut the fuck up about your stupid fake-ass straw feminism! You’reβ€”I mean, I guess I should be happy, right?! If you’re just like this, and didn’t immediately look at me and takeβ€”and classify me as how much of a fucking woman I am, how easily, you think you can…” I don’t think any of that formed into a full sentence.
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:30 PM
Harriet crawls out of the cage and attempts to speak to Lelouch. She chooses her words very, very carefully. "I, on occasion, have interpersonal.. issues with the male sex. I.... have my own, individual reasons for thinking this way, which aren't symptomatic of any greater.. social phenomena. That's the way I decide, of my own volition, to think about it."
2:30 PM
Harriet stares expectantly at her fist. Nothing happens.
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Gordon gives Harriet the wheelchair.
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I look up and look at Jade. "Hey! Unlock my door!"
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β€œPlease don’t.” I’m pleading. There is no malice or spite.
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"I need it."
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"Do I?" Jade asks Lelouch.
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"If I don't get out of the cage, I will starve to death."
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:31 PM
"Why should you?"
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:31 PM
Harriet crawls into her wheelchair. "I am above vindictive cruelty," she says to herself, smiling blankly.
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Ok, I hate her too. Good.
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"Well, that's resolved then. We should try to go find Johnner in some other room." Jade.
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((statement adn reaction panel))
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"What??"
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β€œYeah, good idea. Everything else is secondary.” I’m glad someone here is reasonable.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:35 PM
"I mean, you tried to kill me, so why should I? Karma's a bastard, or whatever." She shrugs to ???, before turning to her gf. "Do you know where else he could be, Jade?"
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Jade walks back into the living area. All of the other NPCs follow her.
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Living…area?
2:35 PM
I mean, I head that way, if there’s nothing better to do.
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The room right outside here.
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Harriet Kadin 8/25/2023 2:36 PM
Harriet wheels herself there obediently.
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"Tried to kill you? When!?"
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I ignore the unpleasant memory.
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Lelouch Maoziwam 8/25/2023 2:37 PM
"I should probably follow her. The last time I took my eyes off her, Johnner had one of his men knock her and another woman out to kidnap me, the dickhead."
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((Channel split.))
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Shawn(Wearing the beetle suit) stands up from a hiding spot and walks up to ???.
2:40 PM
((Don't change channels))
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"H... ell... o?"
2:40 PM
"Help me!!"
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"Don't yell! Hasn't anyone ever told you about stealth!"
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I lower my voice. "...No?"
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The sound of a gunshot rings out nearby.
2:44 PM
"It's like... When you do something quiet. So no one knows you're doing it."
2:45 PM
"Yeah, yeah I know." More gunshots.
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"Who's being shot?"
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"I dunno! But I'll get to them later. Tell me what you've been up to."
2:53 PM
"Fine, fine... Do you remember who you are now?"
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"......"
2:53 PM
"Uh...... no?"
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"Then what've you been doing for a week?"
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"I don't know what you mean."
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"Ugh... Just tell me. Are you pro-Johnner or anti-Johnner?" (edited)
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"I'm... uh..."
2:57 PM
"I was going to overthrow him."
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"Why?"
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"I agreed to."
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"What does that mean?"
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"I was going to kill him, and then I'd take over his job, and someone else would take over the upper boss."
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"Who?"
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"Alexi."
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"Me neither."
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"Does she have a last name?"
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"This is going nowhere."
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"Why are you asking me about this?"
3:23 PM
"Just let me out..."
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"Shouldn't I move on to Lelouch?"
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"Why would you do that?" (edited)
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"Give us a reason to let you out. We're heroes, y'know? Not just against Johnner specifically."
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"I need it to not die."
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"You mean the mob?"
3:31 PM
"No?"
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"Then what do you mean?"
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"I mean I'll... die from not eating enough. If I can't get out of the cage. I think."
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"How long have you been here?"
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"I don't know."
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"Me neither." He turns around. "I'll come back to save you later."
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"What!? What am I supposed to do?"
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He doesn't respond and leaves.
3:50 PM
"Wait!!!!!" I yell.
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No response.
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"Come back! Come back... come back......"
3:55 PM
I lie there, hands-on-head, and keep muttering to myself.
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The foundations of the building shake, causing the cell to break open partially.
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I suddenly stop muttering, push myself up and try to get out.
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??? is free.
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I run out of the area and try to find someone else.
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??? arrives in the living space he frequently saw as Marco Gould. One of the doors, the office he briefly entered once, has several bullet holes through the door.
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I look inside the office.
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The entire place is trashed. At the back, where a bookshelf once was, is an open elevator shaft.
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I walk up to the shaft and try to call an elevator.
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The button for this requires a key.
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I sigh and walk out of the office. I try to make my way out of the building.
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The mall is currently locked because it's the middle of the night. Every exit is covered by large metal shutters.
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I sigh and go to Marco's bed.
4:26 PM
I lie in there and try to sleep.
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??? cannot fall asleep.
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"Ugh... Damn it..." I groan. (edited)
4:28 PM
I get up and look around the entire building in an attempt to find anyone else. (edited)
4:29 PM
(While doing this, I also look for any weapons to take with me.) (edited)
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((Roll))
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??? does not find anyone else in the whole building, but does find some small guns.
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"Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it!" I grip my head firmly. "I can't think." I take the small guns and, gripping them, start lying in bed again, just to try to pass the time.
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((End session))
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((No session this week. Maybe. Idk. You can come but idk if anything will happen other than ??? laying in bed))
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??? manages to fall asleep. He wakes back up in a similar situation.
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I get up and try to leave the building again.
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It'll be morning soon.
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I shoot at the metal shutters.
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??? successfully creates some small dents.
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I kick at the dents.
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((Roll))
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They can't even make a dent.
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"Uuugh."
3:18 PM
I go over to the open elevator shaft and look down. Can I see anything below?
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The elevator itself is at the bottom, and it's ceiling has been broken through.
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I try to climb down into the elevator.
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((Roll))
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??? makes it down to the elevator. It opens directly into some kind of service tunnel.
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I run through the service tunnel.
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It splits off into 2 directions, left or right.
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??? arrives in a room with everyone who visited his cell earlier except Beetle, lying on the floor. Almost all of them are bleeding out, except for Harriet and another girl. Dana and Harriet are the only conscious ones.
3:31 PM
((Oh right Jade is also not here))
3:31 PM
((Forgot to mention this))
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Avengard / dana-harriet-unknown
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:29 PM
β€œFUCK!”
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 3:29 PM
"That's my brain ghost." Harriet says.
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"You!!"
3:29 PM
I shoot at Lelouch.
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((Roll))
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:31 PM
β€œOhhhh, nonono…” I briefly have a realistic depiction of a panic attack.
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??? successfully shoots the person who is already bleeding out.
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I hope they die.
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:32 PM
β€œAGH! What are you fucking doing? If you want that, just wait for time to finish the job, shithead!”
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"What?"
3:33 PM
"What are you talking about, Dana?"
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 3:33 PM
"What the fuck?" Harriet says. "Why are we shooting each other!! Don't do that!!!"
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She gets up and stands between ??? and Lelouch. "Please... Don't hurt her."
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"Too late."
3:34 PM
"Who are you?"
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:34 PM
β€œForget it. Your β€˜friend’ here’s a l….” Hm. β€œMaybe we should be making noise…”
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"H-How do I save her... Please let- Please let me do something right!"
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:35 PM
Ugggghhhh.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 3:35 PM
Harriet looks around, confused, her eyes wide. "Who the fuck is Lelouch? What's happening right now?"
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"What? Nobody said that name?"
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:36 PM
I laugh. β€œAnd you didn’t even know her… oh, man. This is all so fucking stupid, I’m sorry!”
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I stare at Harriet. "Stop talking."
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 3:37 PM
"No, no, I've heard that name before. I'm hearing it right now." Harriet's hand goes fiercely to her face. She bites onto the meat of her palm, swollen over her mouth, stopping her from speaking.
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:38 PM
β€œM-Maria Stanley, right? I remember because that’s not a real fucking last name. There’s… there’s an item around here that can heal people…”
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I shoot at Dana.
3:39 PM
"Stop saying fucking nonsense."
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((Roll))
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 3:40 PM
"I agree we should all stop saying nonsense," Harriet says weakly from behind her stained hand.
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"Where is it?"
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Dana is shot.
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:41 PM
β€œAgh! Hey, if you want to shoot Dana Craig, why not point the gun the opposite way, ya mental defective?!”
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"That wasn't me."
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:42 PM
β€œSome of us value our lives, and also… have the slightest clue what’s going on right now!”
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"What’s the thing that’ll save her!" Maria repeats.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 3:42 PM
"I would like to know what's happening also."
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"Don't say anything about anything that would 'save' Lelouch."
3:43 PM
"I forbid you."
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:44 PM
β€œIt’s a paintbrush.” I stare at the [SLUR], flipping him off with intent as I continue to say nonsense. β€œI don’t fucking care about Lelouch. But if it’s either she’s saved or I die, the choice is really easy.”
3:45 PM
β€œActually, I do care. I fucking hate that woman. She’s the only one who rivals you in speed at reaching my shit list. But I don’t use that to, SHOOT AT PEOPLE for MILDLY ANNOYING ME, like some psychopath…”
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"You don't?"
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:46 PM
β€œYes, yes, hahaaa… it’s because I had a gun, yes… they must have thought I was like that, thought I was an enemy, but they were wrooooong….”
3:46 PM
β€œI was being cautious!”
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Maria pulls out the paintbrush from some random things and heals Lelouch. Lelouch doesn’t move. "Ms. Lelouch…?" She drops the paintbrush and it rolls over into Dana’s reach.
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:49 PM
I take it!!! I take it and heal myself! If I can. I forget if that’s possible. I take it, at any rate.
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Dana is healed.
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I try to take the paintbrush from Dana. (edited)
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:51 PM
Yes, okay. I go to Ariel. I save her. She’s not dead. There’s absolutely no way. I’m not having a life like that, where she perishes in the stupidest way possible.
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Ariel is healed.
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I try to take the paintbrush from Dana. (edited)
((Roll))
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:52 PM
((Still unconscious, though?))
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:53 PM
((also do i roll like in classic Grapple Contest or is it just one))
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Dana Craig
((Still unconscious, though?))
((Yes))
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Dana Craig
((also do i roll like in classic Grapple Contest or is it just one))
((Also yes))
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:54 PM
((10))
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 3:54 PM
Harriet remains on the floor.
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Dana Craig 9/9/2023 3:55 PM
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??? has the brush.
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I try to use it on myself.
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((Where))
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((on the head i guess)) (edited)
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The bandages are properly attached again.
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"What!?"
3:58 PM
I try to snap the paintbrush.
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??? instantly passes out.
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Avengard / harriet-and-unknown
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((Send your messages here pichuis))
4:06 PM
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"I don't understand!"
4:10 PM
I push myself up and try to take the paintbrush again.
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Also the cop is healed.
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I push myself up and try to take the paintbrush again.
((Roll))
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:11 PM
((where should i put my messages))
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((Both I guess. If you just put it in the Dana channel I'll transcribe with images but it'd be easier if you did both))
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??? has the paintbrush.
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((Both I guess. If you just put it in the Dana channel I'll transcribe with images but it'd be easier if you did both))
Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:13 PM
((ogey))
4:14 PM
"Oh." Harriet says firmly. "I get it now. Bastard."
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I try to eat the paintbrush.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:14 PM
"Don't do that!!!"
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??? is forced to not do that.
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"Aaaaagh!"
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"Aaarrgrhhh!" I splutter inexplicably.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:15 PM
Harriet frowns. "Hit yourself in the face."
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??? hits themself in the face.
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"NOooo!!!"
4:16 PM
I collapse to the floor and scream.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:17 PM
"Okay. Did I.. only just now realize? You're not doing anything I say because I want to. You're doing it because you have to, is that right? You have no choice."
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"Shut uuup!!"
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:19 PM
"I get it now. You never were the person I wanted you to be. But you're someone who doesn't have a choice in the matter, which I guess is better. You're kind of sick, you know?"
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"I have nothing to do with you!"
4:21 PM
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:26 PM
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I try to sneak behind Harriet and snap her neck.
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The bunker explodes, sending the walls flying at them. Everyone loses consciousness.
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Avengard / harriet-and-unknown
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The mall is just a crater at this point. ??? and Harriet both regain consciousness, but both are hurt and too weak to stand(for differing reasons on that last one). ??? is back in their body. Gordon's back is to a wall and he's been shot through the chest. He seems dead from this distance, but they're not close enough to check for sure. They're the only ones here.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:33 PM
Harriet coughs. "Fuck."
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"Uuugh..." I crawl towards Gordon and feel for a pulse.
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Alexi runs into the scene. "What… The fuck?"
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"I don't know!!" (edited)
4:35 PM
"Help me!" (edited)
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"Why should I help you?" Alexi tries to help up Harriet.
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"Because... I've done everything right!" (edited)
4:37 PM
"I'll give you my guns!"
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"You’ve been nothing but the worst!" Alexi.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:37 PM
"You do kind of suck," Harriet says, holding onto Alexi.
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"How!?"
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Police sirens ring.
4:39 PM
"Fuck!" Alexi.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:42 PM
"You've been nothing but cruel to me, and also kind of annoying, and - fuck!"
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"Harriet…" Alexi bites his lip. "I can’t carry you fast enough to get out of here."
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I look around for the paintbrush.
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It’s not here.
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I look around for the guns.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:46 PM
"Fuck." Harriet says. "Fuck. Where did my wheelchair go?"
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"It probably blew up, how should I know?" Alexi lets her go, and moves over to ???. "If I do this… You owe me."
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"What?"
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"If I carry you out of here, you’re helping me free her later, okay?"
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:51 PM
"Huh?"
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"Harriet! What do you think they’ll do to the only living person near the crime scene? Let her go with a pat on the back?" Alexi.
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"O...kay?"
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Alexi helps ??? stand up and drags him out of the area.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:54 PM
"Shit. You can't leave me behind, okay?"
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Alexi doesn’t answer.
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I let her drag me.
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Harriet Kadin 9/9/2023 4:56 PM
"I'm serious!"
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((Channel split))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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??? and Alexi hide behind another building.
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"I need the hospital."
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"…Seriously?"
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"Fuck. Fine. Just give me a second." They sit down. (edited)
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I give her just a second.
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((Shhhhh))
5:27 PM
She continues to sit there.
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"What are you doing?"
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"Catching my breath. I had to rush here, y’know?"
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I try to catch my own breath, though I'm not sure how to.
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"What are you doing?"
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"I'm trying to catch my breath."
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"Not literally…"
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"Huh? Um... Have you caught it yet?"
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"It just means resting for a second."
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"It's been more than a second."
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"I was being figurative!"
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"It's been minutes."
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"Oh my god you’re so insufferable… Wait, how do you remember me this time? Do you remember me?"
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"Alexi."
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"How?"
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"I... remember everything."
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"Even who you are?"
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"Not that."
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"Convenient."
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"Some people called me Jay."
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"That’s not a real name though. That’s like… A nickname."
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"Is Alexi a real name?"
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"Yes? But Jay is short for James, Jason, Jacob, any name with a J at the start really."
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"None of those sound right."
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"Have you heard any names with a J?"
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I think.
6:20 PM
"Jeff Johnner." (edited)
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"Well… You obviously can’t be Jeff Johnner himself."
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"Why would I have heard my own name without meeting myself?"
6:22 PM
"Someone called me John Doe, too."
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"Oh. That makes this harder then. John Doe is just the generic term for unknown person."
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"That's me, isn't it?"
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"I… guess? Is that the name you identify with?"
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"Then what did you mean by that’s you?"
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"I'm an unknown person."
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"…And the generic term for that is John Doe, yeah."
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"Am I a generic term?"
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"What?"
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"...What's a generic term?"
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"Wha-? It just... It just means something that's used frequently."
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"Um... am I used frequently?"
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"Wh- Like... A term. A thing you say. I don't even- What?"
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"I- are you okay?" (edited)
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"No. You’re too stupid for my brain."
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"Ugh..."
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"Fine. Let’s get to the hospital." He helps ??? up again.
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I smile.
7:09 PM
"Which way is it?"
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They walk without answering.
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I do my best to keep up.
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Finally, the 2 arrive at a hospital. "Tell them you were messing around with fireworks or something. Don’t get yourself involved with the bombing."
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"Okay." I nod.
7:17 PM
Then, I go into the hospital.
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"Wait… Fuck. Your face. I forgot about the bandages."
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"What bandages?"
7:19 PM
I pause for a second. "Oh... nevermind." (edited)
7:19 PM
"What's wrong with them?"
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"They’re obviously going to ask about those."
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"Then, uh... take them off?"
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"I kind of just assumed it’d be vague gore behind there."
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"What about the bandage you had?"
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"You mean… My eye?"
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"That one."
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"Yeah, neither of us wants to see what that looks like underneath."
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"Okay. Well, I'll just say that I was messing around with fire works on my face."
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"Wow… That’s an awful excuse." She pauses. "Yeah sure let’s go with that."
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I continue going in.
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Alexi watches them go in.
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I search for a hospital person to give me help.
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??? is helped. ((End session))
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((No session this week))
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((No session this week))
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Harriet Kadin BOT 9/16/2023 9:16 PM
grief
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((Saturday))
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??? is in a hospital room, alone. They’re waiting for a doctor.
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I sit there, impatiently. I stare around the hospital room and look for any tools I can understand.
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The doctor walks in. "And you are...?"
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"Your name."
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"Uh... I don't know. Jay?" I suddenly feel nervous. (edited)
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"Jay... Last name?"
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"I don't have one."
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"What? How?"
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"I... just don't?"
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"I see you had some kind of operation done on your face? We don't have any kind of file on a Jay no last name... So could you please say what it was."
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"Ugh. Um... Cob?"
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"Cob? That's not a medical procedure."
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"No, I mean... well, I'm not sure about the operation."
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"You don't know why there bandages all over your head?"
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"Somebody put them on me. I don't know who."
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"And you didn't take them off?"
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"No? They're... stuck on."
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"Would you like us to take a look at it?"
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"N... no. That part is fine."
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"You're fine with the bandages all over your face?"
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"Why wouldn't I be? I can't feel them."
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"Visibility problems, eating problems, smelling problems... You don't even know why they're on there, right?"
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"No, but I've not had any problems like those."
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"...Alright, sir. As for the rest, it should all handle itself with a bit of rest. I really recommend you don't move, though."
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"What? How?"
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"You don't have any major damage to your body. It seems to just be bruising."
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"Oh, but, how could I not move?"
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"Just... Stay in bed."
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"I think my bed was exploded."
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"This bed."
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"Oh. Okay. Is it safe here?"
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"This is a hospital, yes."
4:29 PM
I sigh. "Okay."
4:30 PM
"Can I have something to eat?"
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"We have a cafeteria downstairs."
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"But I can't get to that."
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"Do you have anyone who can get it for you?"
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"Uh... no? Maybe the dog, but I don't know where it is."
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"Dogs can't do that, no."
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"Okay, then... No."
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"I’ll ask a nurse to come help you."
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I smile and lay down.
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The doctor leaves.
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"..." I breathe a sigh of relief.
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"Hey, Jay!" Ehn pops up.
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"Oh. Hey."
5:16 PM
"Is it true that you couldn't get me food?"
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"Obviously. No one else can see me."
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"But then couldn't you just grab it?"
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"Committing crimes isn’t my job. Why didn’t you just ask Alexi?"
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"How would I?" (edited)
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"By talking to them?"
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"From this bed?"
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"You could’ve just told that doctor you had someone."
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"Well... I suppose so. She's hard to find, anyway." (edited)
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"He’s just in the lobby."
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"...Really? Why?"
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"Because she needs you. Or so they think, at least."
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"..." I sigh. "I don't trust them."
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"I didn’t know you were able to distrust people."
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"Huh? Well..." I think. "What about Gordon?"
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"What about him?"
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"Well... I 'distrust' him."
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"Why?"
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"Because he ruined my mission and tried to kill me."
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"I don’t think that’s a fair description of events."
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"What? Why?" (edited)
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"You still had amnesia at that point. It’s like trusting a baby with a gun."
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"Hav was going to come with me. He ruined it for no reason."
5:47 PM
"It was sabotage."
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She shrugs. "Well, it would’ve gone badly if you succeeded. Trust me, the last thing you want is him getting captured like that."
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"It was my mission?"
5:50 PM
"Are you on his side?"
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"I’m on the side of making things interesting. And also sort of your side, but I’m not supposed to be playing favorites."
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"...What do you know?"
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"That’s confidential."
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"What does that mean?"
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"It means I don’t wanna tell you."
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I continue laying there and close my eyes.
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"What are you planning to do when you get out of here?"
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"I don't know."
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"Why not?"
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"Why would I?"
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"Because you’ve gotta do something!"
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"But I'll decide what when I get to it."
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"Shouldn’t you be able to make your own plans?"
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"That's too hard."
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"But you’re the protagonist! You can’t just be a follower!"
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"A what?"
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"As in someone who just follows what other people tell them."
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"I don't do that! I just... decide quickly."
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"Then go faster."
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"What are you talking about?"
6:48 PM
"...Is there a reason you're here?"
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"Boredom, mostly."
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"Where's the nurse?"
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The nurse walked in.
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I look up towards them expectantly.
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"You called?"
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"Do you have food?"
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"Yes, in the cafeteria. Would you like me to get some?"
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"What would you like?"
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"...Sandwich?"
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Carolyn Blythe passes by the room. "Alright." The nurse.
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"Hey, wait."
7:18 PM
I get up and walk out, past the nurse. I try to follow Carolyn.
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((Roll))
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??? cannot get up.
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"Uuuugh." I look at the nurse. "That woman... the one with the yellow hair. Can you get her for me?" (edited)
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Carolyn walks in.
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / carolyn-and-unknown
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A nurse is also here.
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:30 PM
"Yes, were you speaking to me?"
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"...Yes?"
7:32 PM
"You know me, don't you?"
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:33 PM
"So you remember our encounter, then? That's wonderful, you should be proud of your progress."
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"Uh... what's 'proud'?"
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:37 PM
"Hm, how to best describe it... Perhaps I would say it is when you are happy with an accomplishment. No, that's not quite it. Many prideful individuals are actually quite depressed. It is more of... believing one's actions are worthy of praise."
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"It wasn't my choice to remember you."
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:41 PM
"My apologies, that was just my initial assessment. Amnesia can take effort in therapy to solve, but it can also simply naturally fade. It is quite convenient, in that sense."
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"Oh, was he an amnesiac?"
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"...Well, wouldn't it be more convenient not to have it?"
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:44 PM
"Life never misses an opportunity to throw something at you." She gives this reply with a smile, then turns to the nurse "Yes, I met this man a week... No, six days ago, to be exact. I was informed then that he was an amnesiac, which appeared to line up with his behavior."
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"Do you know who he is? We weren’t able to identify him."
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:48 PM
She shrugs "I haven't the foggiest. I do hope you can forgive my unhelpfulness regarding this matter."
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"Do you know what happened to me?"
7:51 PM
"After we met, that is."
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:54 PM
"You were drugged by a mobster, placed in a car trunk, and delivered to his boss. Both of these men are now dead, and thus you appear to be safe for the moment."
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"What?"
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"Why did they interrupt us?"
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 7:59 PM
"Once again, I am afraid I am unaware of the specifics. It would be quite hard to determine the motivations of the culprits at the moment. Perhaps the police officer on the scene could assist more. His name is Howard Scott, if you wish to pursue this further."
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I nod. "Right now, I'm stuck here."
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:01 PM
"How unfortunate. I hope you make a swift recovery. In the meantime, would you mind if I asked you a question as well?"
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"You can do that."
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:06 PM
"The man accompanying you when we met, Hav Kerloe. What do you know of him?"
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"He owns a fish store. He can't harm his customers. When I was in that mob, I was tasked with bringing him in."
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:12 PM
"How interesting. A mafia concerned with the owner of a fish store."
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"I don't know why. Ehn said it would be worse if we had succeeded."
8:14 PM
"...Ehn is a talking dog." (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:16 PM
Carolyn takes sudden steps towards ???, a smile spreading across her face "So you... share that delusion as well? Shall I assume you believe yourself to hold a magical ability, too?"
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The nurse is really confused.
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I sit up properly. "...Delusion?"
8:18 PM
"The ability... it was control over a 'person' visible only to me. But I don't understand it. I don't have it now." (edited)
8:19 PM
I sigh. "That was supposed to be a secret, wasn't it?"
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:22 PM
"Did you happen to lose possession of an object recently? One you had with you through the entire time this ability was accessible to you?"
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"No. It's more like... the ability has started and stopped working. Sometimes it's worked, and sometimes the 'person' just hasn't been around at all." (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:26 PM
She clicks her tongue "I suppose I should have learned against the reliability of wishful thinking. Are you aware of any of the others who share your delusion? The power need not match, of course." (edited)
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"It's not 'my delusion'."
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:28 PM
"...Of course. My apologies, that was quite inappropriate language. Now then, are you aware of any others who have received a gift such as yours from Ehn?"
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"Maybe."
8:34 PM
"There were three people I knew who could see the dog. Hav Kerloe, Dana Craig, and Ariel. Other people couldn't." (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 9/30/2023 8:37 PM
Carolyn's smile drops completely "I have business to attend to. Thank you for your assistance. I wish you luck with your recovery." She rushes out of the room.
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"What? Hey, wait!" A yell emanates out of my mouth as she makes her escape.
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((Channel split?))
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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"Damn it!"
8:43 PM
"Do you know why she came here?"
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"Well, her arm probably."
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"What about it?"
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"You didn’t notice?"
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"I didn't notice." (edited)
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"Her left arm. It had bandages around her hand."
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"Anyway, you wanted that sandwich, right?"
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"I still do."
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"Right." The nurse leaves to get it.
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I lay down again and wait.
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The nurse returns with a sandwich.
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I take the sandwich and scoff it down.
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??? successfully consumes food.
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I dismiss the sandwich lady.
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The male nurse leaves.
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I continue laying down and try to get some rest, not exactly out of choice.
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After a few more hours, ??? is feeling better. Alexi enters the room.
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"...Hey, Alexi."
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"Hi. Are you done wasting time, now?"
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"I need you. Come on."
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"Need me for what?"
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"To save Harriet!"
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"You promised!"
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"Don't you have anything better to do by now?"
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He grabs ??? by the arm and pulls them off the bed.
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"Ughh..."
9:15 PM
I stagger out of the room. "Fine."
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They drag ??? out of the hospital. (edited)
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((New nonbinary name))
9:17 PM
"Where is she?"
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"The police station. But first, we need to go to my apartment."
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Alexi goes to her apartment. ((End session))
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((Saturday))
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This isn’t the apartment ??? was brought to last time.
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"What was the apartment you brought me to last time?"
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"Also my apartment, but this one’s the old one." He points to a window. "And there’s a way to get out if we’re cornered."
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"The window?"
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"Yeah. There’s a fire escape you can just barely reach." Alexi.
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"Who would want to corner us, anyway?"
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"…Good point. Force of habit, I guess." They sigh. "Can you take a look around to see if he left us any weapons?"
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"...Who?"
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"Johnner. He was here yesterday. Tried to kill me."
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I look around the apartment for weapons.
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((Roll))
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??? finds some kitchen knives and a hammer. There’s also an unopened envelope addressed to Alexi Braun, which isn’t a weapon it just seems noteworthy.
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"Bran is a weird name." I open the envelope and look inside.
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"Huh? Wait, give me that." Alexi. The letter is from a DNA testing company.
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I keep holding it. "...What's DNA?"
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"Give me that and I’ll explain."
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I give it to the Alexi.
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She reads it as she explains. "DNA is like what tells your body how it’s supposed to look. Genetics and stuff. Everyone has unique DNA, so you can use it to identify people."
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"So these bandages are part of my DNA?"
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"No, the bandages are just covering up your face. Or, well… When I took a sample for this it seemed like you just don’t have one at all." A deep unease sets into ???.
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"Huh?" I just stand there for a few moments, and the unease manifests as a noticeable nervousness. "Sample... what? Sample for what?"
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"For your DNA. Don’t you want to find out who you were? I do."
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"When did you do that?"
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"You were passed out in my other apartment, remember?"
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"Okay, um... but how would you find anything new from my DNA, anyway? It would just tell you how I look." (edited)
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"In this case, it’ll tell me your name." Alexi. ??? feels the strong compulsion to stop this.
3:03 PM
"Hey, give me that back." I try to snatch the letter out of her hands.
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((Roll))
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They keep the letter. "What are you doing?"
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"I... It's my DNA. I should have the letter."
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"Why? Because you’re scared I’ll know your name?"
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"..." It's true that I distrust her. That makes sense. "Yes?" (edited)
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"So was this whole amnesiac thing an act?"
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"No. I just don't know what you might do with my name."
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"I’d know it. It’s not complicated."
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"If you knew it, you could manipulate me with it."
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"How?"
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"...Why else would you want to know it, anyway?"
3:23 PM
I sigh. "I just distrust you."
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"Well, too bad." He puts the letter down. "I already read it."
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"Well whatever you say, you're probably lying."
3:27 PM
"If it was so easy to find out my name, I would already know it."
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"Oh, it’s real. Isn’t that right,-" Alexi begins to talk. ??? is hit with sudden terror. They has to stop Alexi from saying it. (edited)
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I stab them.
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"-Hav Kerloe." Hav intuitively understands this is true. ((Roll)) (edited)
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Hav misses.
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I try again.
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"What the fuck!?" ((Roll))
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It misses again. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Alexi runs away.
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"You didn't do what I told you to do." (edited)
3:52 PM
"Why?"
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"I’m my own person! I don’t listen to anyone but myself!"
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"You stole my DNA."
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"So what? Someone else stole your whole face? I’m a much smaller bad guy, here."
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"Does that excuse you?"
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"I don’t need an excuse! Hate me all you want, you can’t just go and stab me!"
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"Yes I can."
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"No, you can’t!"
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"Yes I can!"
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They jump out of the window.
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I make after her.
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((Roll))
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??? falls out of the window, hits a car below, and loses consciousness. ((End session/chapter))
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Advehnt Guard
ehn-pc
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Finale: Advehnt Guard
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Advehnt Guard
Avengard / unknown
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??? woke up on the car they fell on, with the roof dented in from the impact. They have everything included on their character sheet. For some reason, they feel quite distinctly that today is October 31st, regardless of the reality of the date outside this dream.
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"Ugh! Uuuuugh... Gah!" Despite this strong feeling, I am currently thinking of practically nothing but the severe trauma from having fell onto a car, although the feeling of pain is surprisingly lacking. (edited)
10:42 AM
I try to get up. That is, down. On to the ground. Slowly and carefully. (edited)
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This succeeds.
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I look around. "Hey... Alexi! Where are you!?"
10:43 AM
I begin searching for them. (edited)
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((Roll investigation))
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((nat 1))
10:44 AM
((minus one))
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They walk directly into a brick wall.
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"Gah!!" (edited)
10:46 AM
"Uh... uhh..." I run in the opposite direction.
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??? runs towards Dana Craig.
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??? wakes up again as a zombie. Jeff Johnner is at their side.
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"Graaagh..."
1:21 PM
"Jeff... Johnner?"
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"Yes. Alive once more."
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"Why..."
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"Because I want vengeance for my death. Is that really so crazy?"
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"Why?"
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"You're dead..."
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"Today is a day of monsters and ghouls. Logically, it makes sense for me to rise up once more."
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"Day? October 31th?"
1:25 PM
"What monsters and ghouls?"
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"The undead."
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"What does that mean?"
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"Resurrected dead. It’s magic, basically."
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"Magic isn't real?"
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"It is now."
1:31 PM
I stand there and groan.
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"I need you to watch Ariel May and make sure she doesn’t escape."
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"Follow me, I’ll show you." Jeff Johnner walks out of the room.
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I follow them.
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They’re in the middle of the giant crater that was the Avengard mall. The walls and ceiling practically don’t exist anymore. He walks to a tiny prison cell containing Ariel May. She looks terrified.
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I stare at her. "Why are you here?"
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"We kidnapped her." Jeff Johnner. "Please let me out." Ariel.
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"It’s part of the revenge."
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"Why let her out?"
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"You can’t let her out." Jeff Johnner. "Why not?" Ariel.
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"She looks weird."
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"I do?" Ariel.
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"You do."
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"Well, you look like a zombie." Ariel.
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"Yes, you’re a zombie now." Johnner.
1:50 PM
"Why don't we kill her?"
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"Only after midnight."
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"It’s my challenge to Dana Craig." Johnner.
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"That's good."
1:54 PM
"Is Gordon a zombie?"
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"Haven’t seen him at all."
1:57 PM
"Can I kill Dana?"
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"Isn’t she stronger than you?"
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"I'm a zombie, not like her."
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"I need you to watch Ariel May."
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"...Okay."
2:00 PM
I try to sit down.
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"Didn’t you visit me and Dana once?" Ariel. (edited)
2:05 PM
"Dana killed me."
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"But you were still alive after that." Ariel.
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"I'm not alive now."
2:09 PM
"She killed me a few minutes ago."
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"Why?" Ariel.
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"She hates me."
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"Did you ask her to stop?"
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"Uh... Yes." I lie.
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"Wow… I’m sorry about that."
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"She killed the Marco Gould zombie, too. I used to be him."
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"That’s a zombie, though."
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"She didn't know that."
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"He’s dead, though."
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"That's what I just said."
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"He was dead before then."
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I sigh and ignore her.
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"How much longer until midnight?"
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"How would I know?"
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She shrugs. "Maybe you’re a clock zombie."
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I laugh.
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"Do you want to play a game to pass the time?"
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"...Okay?"
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"Like what?"
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"I thought you had one."
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"One what?"
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"A game."
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"Hm... What about rock paper scissors?"
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"Okay. How do I play?"
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"Rock beats scissors, paper beats rock, scissors beats paper. We pick one and then that decides who wins."
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"...Alright."
3:50 PM
"I pick scissors."
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"I pick rock."
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"That isn't fair."
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"We’re supposed to say it at the same time."
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"3… 2… 1…"
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"Rock." She says simultaneously.
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"So... who wins?"
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"It’s a tie. We have to try again. 3… 2… 1…"
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"Paper."
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"Paper." She says simultaneously. "Damn… Again?"
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"3… 2… 1…"
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"Paper." She says simultaneously.
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"...Grr."
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"Best of 3?"
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"What?"
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"I'm the best of 3."
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"Which 3?"
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"Me, you, and Jeff."
4:38 PM
"Any 3, really."
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"Well, what I meant was in the Rock Paper Scissors way. We play 3 times and whoever has the most wins, wins."
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"Oh. Okay."
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"But if I win, you have to let me out, okay?"
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"Huh? Then what will you do?"
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"I’ll run away."
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"I'll turn you into a zombie."
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"Not if I win."
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"No, I will if you win."
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"Then I’m not going to play."
4:45 PM
"If you got out, where would you try to run to?"
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"Away."
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"Where?"
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"From here."
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"I don’t know."
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"Could you come with me?"
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"You’re a zombie."
5:10 PM
"I'm still a human."
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"No you’re not."
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"Yes I am."
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"No."
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"You’re a zombie."
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"I'm a human zombie."
5:16 PM
"If a dog died and became a zombie, wouldn't you call it a dog zombie?"
5:16 PM
"Or... A zombie dog?"
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"Can dogs become zombies?"
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"Have you seen one?"
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"I've seen a dog, yes.*
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"A zombie dog?"
5:19 PM
"I think."
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"So how do you know if zombies can be dogs?"
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"Intuition."
5:21 PM
I have no idea what I'm saying.
5:23 PM
"Anyway, I still have things to do in life. For one, I need to kill that woman. My existence is important. That's probably why I'm still here as a zombie." (edited)
5:23 PM
"You could assist me."
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"Which woman?"
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"Alexi. The black one."
5:25 PM
"...And maybe Dana too."
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"Are you racist?"
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"Why does it matter that she’s black?"
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"It identifies her."
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"There are a lot of black women."
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"I haven't seen many."
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"Well, that’s on you."
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"Can you let me out yet?"
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"Why not?"
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"I'm not supposed to."
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"That’s sad."
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There’s a massive commotion outside the crater.
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"Okay, hang on..." I go out to look.
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There is a large prison truck driving directly into the crater.
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I try to get into the truck.
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((Roll athletics))
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??? is hit by a speeding vehicle and takes 10 damage.
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"Agghhh!" I scream.
7:07 PM
I yell. "Stop!! Stop the truck!"
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It's driving straight for Johnner.
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I stare. "..."
7:11 PM
I try to roll and push Johnner out of the way.
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Johnner does in fact dodge the truck. "It’s her."
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"Yes."
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"I'm injured."
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Dana shoots Johnner with a gun from the truck. "Fuck!" He runs away.
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I run with him.
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The truck parks by Ariel's cage, where the 2 are also going.
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"Stop it or I'll stab her!"
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Dana exits the truck. ((Channel switch))
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((That’s the end for you sorry. Hope you had fun))
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((DAMN it))
7:43 PM
((i did!! thank you))
7:50 PM
((ugh i never got to meet carolyn in the end though......)) (edited)
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((No session this week))
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((Saturday))
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??? woke up on the car they fell on, with the roof dented in from the impact.
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"Ugh! Uuuuugh... Gah! Aaaaagh!!" I clutch my head as the severe trauma from having fell onto a car pierces every inch of my body.
2:07 PM
I roll over and try to gracefully land onto the ground.
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This succeeds.
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"Nnghh... Alexi... Alexiiii..." I push myself up to my feet and yell. "ALEXI!!!" I stare around wildly and try to find her.
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((Roll))
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No sign of them.
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I run away.
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"Hey! Hav!" Ehn leaps out in front of them.
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"What? Where!?"
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"You. Hasn't your identity been revealed?"
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"Um... no?" I lie.
2:26 PM
"What do you want?"
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"I want to tell you where to find Jay, obviously."
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"What does that mean?"
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"Well, Jay's the name of the guy pretending to be you, obviously."
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"...Why did you keep calling me Jay?"
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"Well I couldn’t call you Hav, could I? That’d be a massive spoiler."
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"What's a spoiler?"
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"It means it would’ve ruined the mystery if I told you before you solved it."
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"What? Are you working against me?"
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"No, I’m improving your experience, obviously… Plus if you caught on earlier you’d have gotten in trouble with Johnner. Now he’s too dead to stop you!"
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"He's dead?"
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"Didn’t you see him blow up?"
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"Yesterday, obviously!"
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"When the place exploded?"
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"Yeah. He was the target, so he blew up."
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"He died?"
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"What’s so shocking? If you had your memories right now, you’d be cheering."
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"But I do have my..." I pause. "Oh. Huh?"
3:04 PM
"Why does that matter?"
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"Whatever… Just go to Kerloe Fishery, that’s where he always goes. Then you can get your revenge!"
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"Where is it?"
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"You’ve been there tons of times, remember?"
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"Yeah, but, uh..."
3:09 PM
I try to trace the path to Kerloe Fishery in my mind.
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They successfully make it there. It’s still a crater and no one’s here, however.
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I stare at Ehn. "......"
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"Huh. Weird. He always comes here first thing in the morning."
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"How would you know?"
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"I know everything, bla bla bla… You get the idea. Jay's a creature of habit. He always does the exact same things at the exact same times. The only one who could change that is… Your brother, Ethfan."
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"That's a stupid name."
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"So's Hav." She shrugs. "Wait here, I’ll go find him."
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I sigh and sit down.
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She leaves.
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She returns eventually. ((Assuming ??? does nothing))
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I'm stroking my legs. I look up at the Ehn. "What?"
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"Found him. He’s heading down to where you came from. That lab where FB stole your face and your name."
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"Don’t worry, it’s safe. You won’t have to enter the actual building, and FB's alone in there anyway. You just have to rush there now."
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"Aagh... Can't I just sleep?" (edited)
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"No! You’ve gotta stop him, obviously! You can sleep later."
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"Stop him from what?"
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"From using your identity!"
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"Um... where's Alexi?" (edited)
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"Committing terrorism. Don’t worry about it."
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"She needs to die too."
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"Fine, you can go after her after. I’ll tell you where she is after you’ve killed Jay."
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I glare at the dog. "Okay..."
4:31 PM
I go back. To the place where I came from.
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"Good luck!" Ehn calls out. ??? walks through the sewers and arrived at the secret entrance to FB's laboratory he’d seen before.
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I enter.
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((End session))
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??? arrives at the storage room he walked through once. The doors at the other end of the room are closed. Hav is in the room, along with this man.
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Avengard / hav-and-unknown
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"What... What are you?" The man with Hake turns to look at ???. "Where's your face?"
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Hake tries to observer the nature of the face.
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It remains covered in bandages.
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Hake looks confused.
4:18 PM
"It's covered in bandages. Is there something wrong with that?"
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"Who are you?"
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Hake does not respond.
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"It’s creepy. Normal people don’t need that sort of thing. …My name is Matrick Patthews. This man with me is Hav Kerloe. Are you with Carolyn Blythe?"
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"What do you mean by 'with'?"
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"Part of her murder organization. How else would you be in this secret room?"
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"What murder organization?"
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"The suit… It’s the same suit your brother was wearing, right Hav? Who wears a white suit into a sewer? Why would 2 people do that?"
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Hake looks hurt.
4:24 PM
"My brother did not do anything wrong."
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"...You have a brother? Who?"
4:25 PM
I stare at Hav. It feels as though they're acting... bizarrely.
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Hake says nothing.
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"Why would we tell you that? Maybe that’s somehow part of this conspiracy?" Matrick takes out a gun and shakily aims it at ???.
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"I've never killed anyone!" (edited)
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"Then did you cover up a murder? Huh!?"
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"Then what are you doing?"
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"I just walked here."
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"Into a secret passage? Inside a sewer?" Matrick. "What’s taking so long?" Ehn pokes her head in through the ceiling.
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"Hav... Am I your brother?"
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"What?" Both of them, though not simultaneously.
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"Am I your brother?" I pull out a small gun and aim it at Hav.
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"Hav, get behind me! He’s got a gun!" Matrick. (edited)
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Hake gets behind him.
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"I'll shoot you, Matrick Patthews, if you get in my way." (edited)
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Hake eats the fish.
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"Not if I shoot you first. I’m a therapist. A protector of those who can’t help themselves. I won’t let you turn me into my own patient." Matrick continues aiming the gun at ???.
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I shoot Matrick.
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((Roll))
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It misses. Matrick still doesn’t shoot.
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"Aaaargh!!" I run at Matrick and try to take his gun. (edited)
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((Roll))
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Matrick keeps the gun and tackles ??? to the ground.
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"Gah!" I try to strangle him. (edited)
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Hake watches.
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((Roll))
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((Nobody asked you to roll.))
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((In the end we all do what we must.))
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((It was to pichuis lmao))
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((wait it was??))
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((You were the one trying to do something yes))
4:49 PM
??? fails to strangle him. Matrick tries to point the gun up at ???'s head.
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"Out! Out! OUT!" I try to get the gun. Again.
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Hake watch.
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((Roll))
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As they struggle over the gun, the trigger is pulled. Bang Matrick is the one to roll over, bleeding heavily.
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Hake shifts slightly, then eats the fish again.
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((Cheap))
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"Hake" is already under the effects of the fish. That’s why his would-be-kidnapper is dying, after all.
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I get up and aim at Hav. "Answer me!! Or I'll shoot you too! Do you hear me?"
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Hake steps forward.
4:54 PM
"Yes?"
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"Hav... You have to run." Matrick, weakly. The doors swing open, revealing a large underground parking lot with a truck and an underground building inside. At the door, however, is Ethfan Kerloe who is aiming a gun into the room. There's no question for either party who he is.
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I shoot at Ethfan.
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I perk up a bit. "I-Is everything ok...?"
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???'s memories threaten to return at the sight of Ethfan. However, they’re quite sure that their return would make ??? cease to exist, replaced by their past self. This would violate ???'s favour, so they’re forcefully squeezed away. The headache of this causes ??? to miss their shot, however. How lucky for Hav. As this happens, Carolyn steps out from behind the truck with a gun aimed at ???. ((Channel switch))
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Fav Berloe BOT 11/30/2023 5:01 PM
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I look at Ethfan expectantly.
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Avengard / carolyn-hav-unknown
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I look at Ethfan expectantly.
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I pull the trigger five times at Ethfan.
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"Stop!" [inner monologue] Why would they do this...? This doesn't make any sense. I don't understand anything that's happening here.
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??? shoots at Ethfan and misses every time, causing him to hide behind the door. He looks at ???. "…How lucky for me. You made it, Hav." He looks at Hav. "…And the fake's here, too." He laughs miserably. "Hav… Run…" Matrick.
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"W-What do you want me to do?"
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I stare at the gun. I stare at my hands. "Why does this keep HAPPENING?"
5:05 PM
I lunge at Hav and try to tackle him.
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??? runs towards Ethfan.
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((Roll, both of you))
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((Seven.))
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:06 PM
Carolyn keeps her gun trained on the person who just fired at Ethfan while all of this happens, not yet firing, but ready to. "So quick to violence... I believe we can talk matters out, don't you?" (edited)
5:07 PM
((there are four people here with a gun.))
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Hav makes it to Ethfan. "Hav, put the gun down. Don’t make me shoot my own brother."
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??? checks to see if they are holding a gun.
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"Carolyn... Can you help...?"
5:08 PM
"Do you have a murder organization...?"
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Ethfan laughs miserably.
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If ??? is holding a gun, they drop it.
5:09 PM
If not, they do not drop anything.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:09 PM
"...As long as you stop threatening my associate, I will be happy to offer assistance and explanation in any way I can."
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The fake Hav is not holding a gun. The real Hav is.
5:10 PM
This is becoming far too confusing.
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I run out of the room.
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Shut up and stop interrupting. In which direction?
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The way I came.
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That would be red.
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The fake Hav thinks more nonsense to himself, who cares. He’s terrible at being Hav Kerloe. Ethfan shoots the real Hav in the leg, causing him to fall over as he attempts to run. "Hav… You." He points to the fake Hav. "Hold him down." He points to the real Hav. (edited)
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I shoot at the fake Hav desperately.
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The real Hav is out of bullets from earlier.
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??? attempts to go in the red direction, then attempts to hold Hav Kerloe down.
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I try to push back.
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This succeeds out of sheer luck. No, okay, that’s not how it’s supposed to work. ((Roll))
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((1))
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Hav pins down Hav. "Hav… Don’t run now. I haven’t seen you in years… Let me have this." Ethfan sighs.
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??? takes the fish and attempts to force-feed it to Hav Kerloe, who appears to be hungry, and also likes fish. Everything is going to be okay.
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I cry.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:17 PM
"...I'm sorry?"
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Hav Kerloe
??? takes the fish and attempts to force-feed it to Hav Kerloe, who appears to be hungry, and also likes fish. Everything is going to be okay.
This profoundly stupid idea succeeds. Why did such a deranged man get the most overpowered power? (edited)
5:18 PM
Matrick is bleeding and also has any idea how to react to any of this. He’s still here.
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??? caresses Hav Kerloe's head, then begins to hum.
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I cry more.
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??? cries as well.
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I scream and push at ???'s head.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:19 PM
"...Hm." Carolyn, keeping her gun trained on the two Havs, approaches Matrick and leans down to him "Hello there. Do you believe you are mortally wounded? Now does not seem like the best time to bleed out, if you ask me, but I can do my best to provide comfort."
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??? checks the mail. ??? needs something to read right now.
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"Jesus Christ…" Ethfan sighs and grabs 2 pairs of handcuffs from a part of the storage room. "Hav, put these on. …Both of you. We can explain all the intricacies of this later." He tosses these at both.
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"Because it’s easier than explaining which Hav I mean constantly." Ethfan. "Carolyn… Did… Did you really kill all of those people?" Matrick.
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"I am not going to restrict myself for indeterminable reasons." ??? has experienced an epiphany.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:23 PM
She smiles "Bingo. Your theory was correct. I hope that provides some sense of satisfaction. You did adequately in getting in my way, you should be happy with your morality, if that's any consolation for your failure here."
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"Fine, then restrict him!" Ethfan. "Why… What happened to… Protecting those who can’t protect themselves?" Matrick.
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??? takes the "Hand cuves" and uses them to restrict Hav Kerloe.
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"Now lead him into the truck." Ethfan.
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??? looks for where the truck is.
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It’s in the parking lot.
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??? leads Hav Kerloe into the large car. (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:26 PM
"..." She stares at Matrick "That's the problem with those who struggle. You can only explain the world to them once they have no means of fighting back, but by then it is too late to truly understand. You are about to go to a place where there is no need for protection. That is what I did to all of my patients. They are safe, and eternally happy." (edited)
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I cry.
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"I’m not… I’m not a patient, Carolyn." Matrick takes out the gun he’d been hiding underneath himself, the one ??? I mean Hav I mean real Hav referenced earlier and aims it at Carolyn. "I’m going to save Hav's brother." "What?" Ethfan looks annoyed.
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Hake sees if the truck has the steering wheel, keys, and other items necessary for driving?
5:29 PM
No, that's not right.
5:29 PM
I'm not Hake.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:29 PM
"...I see. Will you allow me a moment to explain something, then?"
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Ethfan goes with both Havs. ((Channel split))
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I am ???. I like to cook; it's a hobby of mine. (edited)
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... (edited)
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"Get in the back of the truck, Havs. Neither of you can drive."
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Sometimes, I wake up and think to myself how beautiful this world is.
5:31 PM
We're blessed to exist, are we not? It's a miracle. If only a single small thing was different, we as individuals would no longer be the same person. We'd be changed irreversibly. (edited)
5:33 PM
It sounds disturbing, but I think it's comforting more than anything. I value myself all the more because my existence is special. That's what I've always been told, and I have believed it wholeheartedly.
5:35 PM
In our boundless search for uniqueness, we fail to consider those that value us most. Haven't you ever experienced something like that? A parent, teacher, or maybe even a friend...confirming for you how much you matter.
5:35 PM
Communicating how different things would be if you didn't exist. (edited)
5:36 PM
But then, you take a step forward into the next stage of life, and there's that single moment of change.
5:36 PM
I look at the fish. I kill the fish. The fish is dead because of me. It's my special talent. My ability. That's who I am.
5:37 PM
If you can kill and eat the fish, then can't you kill and eat the human too? What's the difference between the two?
5:37 PM
A stupid question, at first glance.
5:37 PM
But I'm not the one who asked it.
5:39 PM
My talent gains meaning. And I embrace that meaning, because there's nothing else. I love myself. I love how unique I am. And I'm proud to be loved by myself. (edited)
5:40 PM
The moment I was told that something was wrong with me sticks in my mind forever. I can still hear the voice. I hear it every day. (edited)
5:40 PM
But it's something to overcome.
5:40 PM
??? attempts to drive.
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Hav can't figure out how to start the car. "Get out. And stop being so eerily silent. People aren't meant to think so hard." Ethfan
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??? eats the fish.
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I scream.
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"Get in the back of the truck!"
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??? tries to start the car once more.
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He successfully figures out how to start the truck on accident.
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??? starts driving!
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There is no visible exit to the parking lot. Hav is driving however. "Hav! Get back here!"
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Is "The Voice" not in the large car with me?
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Ethfan, assuming he's the voice, is not in the truck because he was trying to get in the driver's seat in the first place.
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??? stops the normal-sized truck.
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Carolyn returns. ((Channel switch))
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??? gets out of the vehicle and walks up to Carolyn Blythe. "...I have a favor to ask of you."
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Avengard / carolyn-hav-unknown
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??? gets out of the vehicle and walks up to Carolyn Blythe. "...I have a favor to ask of you."
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Ethfan gets in the driver's seat.
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"HELP! HEEEELP!" I yell for Carolyn.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 5:55 PM
She nods "I will do my best to make myself of use. What is it that you need?" (edited)
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"HELP!"
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??? looks at Carolyn with a serious expression on their face. "Well, earlier you mentioned something that really stuck out to me. You alluded to a place with no need for protection, no need for fighting, no need to know what to fight against: eternal happiness. To clarify; did you mean that you end the lives of people for the sake of that?" (edited)
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A heavily injured red-haired man walks into the garage, helped upright by Eryn."...Fuck. Is he really still alive?" He turns in the direction of ???'s voice. "Did we make it in time?" Eryn.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:00 PM
Carolyn ignores the two newcomers for the moment "That would be correct. Although, reaching it is not as simple as simply dying. You must be happy first. When I describe it as a place, that is not in a literal sense. When you die, you shall never change again. You will always exist as who you are in that moment. That is the basic belief of the Edlightenists, the religious group your brother and I follow."
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"Yes, that's what I thought. I...well... I agree completely! I think that's a wonderful way of viewing things. And, well...right now, at this moment, I am incredibly happy. I am, in fact, happier than I have ever been before. So, I was thinking, perhaps you could...help me reach that moment of salvation. I feel as if we will both benefit from such a thing." (edited)
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My eyes widen.
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"Carolyn, no. He's lying." Ethfan calls out.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:06 PM
Carolyn stares the person asking her to kill them in the eyes "...I would be happy to assist you in that matter. If you are correct, that is. I know very little about you, how am I to simply take your word for your happiness? Do you not believe one who is depressed would claim the same?" (edited)
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"That's a very reasonable point. How would you suggest proving such a thing, though?"
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:08 PM
"...I want you to think this over very carefully, and once you have finished, offer me a summation of your mental state."
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??? smiles. "That's a fair request." They are telling the truth.
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"Get in the back, both of you. It doesn’t seem like Lillian is going to make it." Ethfan. "She got arrested." Red haired man. "You got shot and you made it here, Gordon." Ethfan.
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After a brief pause, ??? looks Carolyn in the eyes. "I often struggle with keeping my emotions organized. It's hard to understand exactly how I feel. I've been told many things about myself, all of which are probably true. Just ask that colleague of yours; he seems to know what he's talking about. But none of that matters in the face of joy, right? At this moment, I feel overwhelmed with love for the world. I think that there is nothing more beautiful than the time and place I am in right now. The only fear I have is the fear that this will not last forever. Because I finally feel like myself." ??? smiles at Carolyn with as much kindness as they can muster.
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"No." Ethfan gets out of the truck. "No, you don’t get to do this."
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:22 PM
Carolyn's grip on her gun tightens "I'm not getting anything from him... I didn't feel any thoughts at all. That does not guarantee anything, given the difficulty you pose me, but... the last time I met Hav, he was constantly ranting to himself in his head, before filtering out his thoughts to what would be best to say. This isn't consistent, which means he must have changed." She points the gun at him "He's happy, Ethfan."
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"I don’t care." Ethfan points his gun at Carolyn. "Boss, what are you doing?" Eryn calls out to Ethfan. "I need him. Just for a little while longer. Can’t you be patient?" Ethfan.
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??? waits patiently for someone to make a decision.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:27 PM
"If I'm patient, we'll lose this moment! Don't forget the teachings of the group you claim to lead. He needs to be saved, before something happens. The world is a place full of unpredictable chaotic forces, where happiness is a rarity. Every time someone gains a moment of happiness, and I wait... it always flickers out. If you love your brother, let me kill him now!"
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"He’s not my brother!" He yells enraged, before breathing slowly and calming down slightly. "He doesn’t even know who he is yet. Don’t let him die before he’s done that."
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:31 PM
"The truth is meaningless as far as comfort is concerned. Its only use is directing the best objective course of action. He will die, and have no use for it. The chance of it hurting him is far too great to risk."
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??? is in awe at how incredibly true this statement is.
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"I need it." Ethfan. (edited)
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:32 PM
"...I see." She continues to stare forward at the man her gun is trained on "I'm sorry, but you'll have another chance to reach happiness later."
6:33 PM
She fires at his head several times.
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??? does not resist or move out of the way or anything.
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Every single shot misses. It would obviously be very unlucky for the fake Hav to die without learning anything. "...What the fuck?" Gordon is the first one to react at this absurd display.
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It never would be that easy. ??? is unsurprised at this outcome.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:38 PM
"...So that's your ability, is it?" Carolyn sighs "How unfortunate."
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"I'm so sorry."
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"...An ability? You mean that god who's been recklessly blessing people... It came to you too, Hav?"
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"Ehn." I mutter this loudly.
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??? turns to Ethfan. "I would really like for you to explain what's going on."
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"Me?" Eryn misheard her name. "No, N. The letter." Gordon. Ethfan just starts laughing miserably.
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"EHN."
6:41 PM
"E, H, N."
6:41 PM
God.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:41 PM
Carolyn places her gun in her bag "What do you think about joining us... Hav, if I may still call you that? I can work on finding a method to kill you, while you assist me with your ability. That sounds mutually beneficial, does it not?"
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"Of course, the 2 worst come together." She enters the garage.
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[inner monologue] I'm sorry. For a moment there, I thought that I wanted an answer from him. ??? gestures towards Ethfan. [inner monologue] I was angry at our inability to succeed at this. But I shouldn't be thinking that way, right? Taking it out on the idea of the unknown... Nothing needs to change. I'm so glad someone seems to truly understand me. I still have a long way to go in regards to handling situations as well as I could be, but I am honored by your generosity and would be humbled to accept this offer. I can't let myself be lost again.
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"What’s so funny, dad?" The pink haired woman says this to Ethfan. He calms down slightly. "…You just had to be there."
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"Carolyn...... Can you kill me?"
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"No one is killing the real Hav! Or the fake one! Everyone here is still needed!" Ethfan.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:50 PM
Carolyn nods towards the fake Hav then turns toward Ethfan "Do not worry, I have no plans to kill your real brother. Has everyone arrived now?"
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[inner monologue] Thank you.
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I cry more.
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"Yes. Carolyn, get in the front with Lillian. She’ll be driving. And try not to bicker too much. Everyone else goes in the back." Ethfan. Eryn and Lillian nod.
6:52 PM
Lillian being, from contextual clues, the pink-haired woman.
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??? gets in the back.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:52 PM
Carolyn enters the passenger side seat.
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Lillian gets in the driver’s seat. Eryn and Gordon bring the real Hav into the back of the truck. Ethfan stands in front of the passenger’s seat for a moment.
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Carolyn Blythe 11/30/2023 6:54 PM
"Is something the matter? We should be getting on our way, should we not?"
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"…Hm." As he looks at Carolyn, for the tiniest moment, smug spite overwhelms his misery. He smirks, and enters the back of the truck. ((Channel split))
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((To where????))
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(( #carolyn-blythe and #hav-and-unknown ))
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((Ohhhh the fucking. truck is like a real truck okay))
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(( ))
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Empty.
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Ethfan shuts the door. "Are we all ready to meet the founder?"
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"Of course." ??? nods.
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"You don’t even know who that is. You don’t fucking know anything." Ethfan.
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"...Sorry." ??? looks at the ground.
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"No wonder it was so easy for you to pretend to be my brother. You just take whatever you’re told and follow it, don’t you?" Ethfan. "Hey… E-H-N. Those are all letters in your name." Eryn. "What?" Ethfan.
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??? does not respond.
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"Yeah, and then you’re left with the letters for fat. Fat Ehn. That’s who you are." Eryn. "…Okay???" Ethfan. "It’s a funny coincidence." Eryn.
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??? says nothing.
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"I’m doing something, Eryn. Something important." Ethfan turns back to ???. "Do you know who you are, yet?"
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"Hav Kerloe. You held onto that name for years while Johnner, Gordon, Eryn, and even me had to go and protect that cruel lie. We let you live your life as a happy shopkeeper selling fish to the greedy masses while I had to sit back and watch you wear my brother’s face in some cruel mockery. You have no idea just how lucky you are, do you?" Ethfan. (edited)
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"I know that luck is my talent."
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"A talent? Don’t lie to yourself. Luck isn’t a talent. It isn’t anything you work on or grow to improve. It’s what the world hands to you. Me and Hav… We’ve lost everything time and time again. Look at him. He’s even lost his soul, now. Just a shell destroyed by a greedy man who’d do everything in his power to be lucky. I did the same. And in the end… I got that luck. Because I’m sitting in this truck with my brother once again after 5 years! Do you know what you did to deserve luck?" Ethfan. (edited)
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"If you have a point you're trying to make, just say it, please. You're not helping yourself by getting upset like this. I'm really worried about you."
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"You were born to the man behind everything. To the world at large… You’ve been dead for years. I like that fantasy, I must say. I bet he plays it up so well. The depression act. Or maybe he’s so pathetic he’s actually this sad while he still makes us bend over backwards to keep you alive and happy. …Are you sure you really don’t know who you are?"
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"I am sure."
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"Then let me tell you." Ethfan. "Boss… Are you sure you should do this? There’ll be consequences." Gordon. "Haven’t you heard, Gordon?" Ethfan smiles maniacally. "I’m god."
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"Get on with it. Carolyn would be very disappointed by your behavior, you know."
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"I don’t care what Carolyn has to say." Ethfan laughs miserably. "I’m the leader. No matter what your father may say… I am the leader of everything now. And you’re just a boy, Josh Maoziwam." Ethfan. Josh loses consciousness. ((Channel split)) (edited)
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12: Consequences
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Josh loses consciousness.
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"Coward." Ethfan. "Calm down, boss." Gordon.
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It's sad. This is sad. Right? It feels like it would be a sad situation. It's why I've cried so much during it. Will it ever end?
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"Will this ever end?" I ask out loud.
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"Will what ever end?" Ethfan.
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"This. This... situation."
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"It’s already over. I saved you. Thank me." Ethfan.
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It's over? Then, why do I still feel this... empty? If I was saved, shouldn't I feel... full? What could I even be filled with? "...thank you."
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"There we go." Ethfan sits down as the truck pulls to a stop.
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"What happens now?"
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"He’s going to go get the founder, Edward Blythe." Eryn.
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I don't even think I know who that is. "I meant. For me. What happens to me and..." I look over at Josh passed out. Should I feel angry that he took over who I should be? I don't think I feel that. I don't know. "Him."
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"I’ll figure it out." Ethfan sighs. "Gordon, watch these 2. I don’t want any problems in the homestretch."
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He doesn't even have anything planned for me. Why save me, then? Why do all of... whatever that was, if there isn't anything planned for me? What am I supposed to do?
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Ethfan exits the truck. "…Sorry I hit you a few times. If you remembered that." Gordon.
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"I do." I don't feel angry about it. "...Gordon. Who am I to you?"
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"A nuisance. It’s not like I met you before you lost your mind. Not that that’s… Really your fault."
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Losing my mind. It was never mine to begin with, it was someone else's. "Ok." I turn to Eryn. "Who am I to you?"
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"FB's experiment? I dunno, never really cared about you." Eryn.
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That guy again. Fuck FB. Why am I even here? No-one even seems to... care. Even the person who calls me his brother doesn't seem to care. Why do I keep on going? What's the point if every time I try, I'll go back to a place where I'm not wanted, I'm tolerated? All that time ago, Ehn told me the favor she wanted was for me to live. Is this living? Going around from place to place, killing and fighting and getting hurt. Having everyone around you want to use you as someone you're not? It may have been living for Hav Kerloe. Is it living for me? "Ok." I can't really think of anything to do besides... thinking about it.
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"Do you know… Who your brother is?" Gordon.
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"I don't. Maybe. He's from the mafia?"
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"He’s from the New Edlightenment. That’s who we are. We’re… We’re good people." Gordon.
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Why hesitate? If you're good, you would know that, right? I know I'm not good. I think. "You are?"
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"We live in a harsh world. Don’t you agree?" Gordon.
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"But we know what lies after death. It’s… It's whatever state you’re left in. But forever. That’s why we make sure people only die if they’re happy."
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"How are you so sure that that's what comes after death?"
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"Edward Blythe taught us. Or, well… I guess your brother did the work for us. But it was originally Carolyn’s father that taught this."
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"Well. That doesn't seem right, I think. I died. And I've not been myself ever since."
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"You died? Like… Metaphorically?"
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"I don't know. Do you think that not knowing who you are means the person you were is dead?"
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"You haven’t remembered yet?"
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"Bits and pieces. Mostly getting my head chopped into."
3:33 PM
"But, even if I did. For a while, I didn't."
3:34 PM
"Doesn't that mean I died?"
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"Not really. I’m not of the same opinion as FB."
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"Don't- don't bring up that guy." I shudder.
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"Your brother tried to bring him along."
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I stay quiet.
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"I’m not sure why he didn’t come." Gordon. "It’s his loss! He’s an old man, he’s probably just gonna die miserable and alone." Eryn.
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I hope it's worse. I hope he dies for nothing, and dies knowing that. "I'm glad he didn't."
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"...why do you guys work with FB, anyway? He's not a good person."
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"It’s not easy to find people who support organized murder." Gordon.
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"Doesn't that make what you do bad, then?"
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"So popular opinion decides everything now, huh?" Eryn.
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"Well, if you're working with someone like FB. I think you are far past that point."
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"It’s not… Ideal." Gordon.
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"It really is not." I really don't want to be with these people anymore. I want to leave. "Why do you need me anyway?"
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"Ethfan wants you." Eryn.
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"Because you’re family." Gordon.
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Family. Hav Kerloe's family. Would this be a better way to live? To go back to who I was? It would be the same as it has been for the past few weeks. I'd live to kill and to fight and to get hurt. To kill people when they are happy. I am proof that, when you die, you don't stay the same. If I were to live as Hav Kerloe, I'd be living like they want again. I'd be used as someone else, again. The idea to live as Hav Kerloe makes me feel even more empty. But, if I was not Hav Kerloe, who would I be?
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"Family. What does that mean to Ethfan?"
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"How should I know? I’m not him." Gordon. "It’s not like we have a family." Eryn.
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"Is the movement you're a part of not a family to you?"
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β€œDon’t be ridiculous, we’re not related." Eryn.
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"Is family just being related by blood?"
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"What else?" Eryn.
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"I don't know. As far as I remember, I've never had one either."
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"Well, you do now. Congratulations." Gordon.
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I stay quiet. I have a family. This is not something that I wish, at least... not with him. Do I have to be with my family, even through blood? Don't families care about each other? Then why does Ethfan still work with someone like FB? Can I be someone other than people want me to be? Can I be someone I want to be, whoever that person is? ... I shouldn't ask them. I don't want to talk to Ethfan about this. But who else? ...I try to call Harriet. (edited)
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Harriet appears. She’s not conscious like when Harriet actually possesses the body.
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...dammit. Can I try to make her possess the body?
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((End session))
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She’s definitely not appearing. Too busy.
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(( @Known Unknown sorry))
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(( ill be right there sorry i gotta dry my dog ))
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Goddammit. Where's the emotional support when you need it? I could just ask them, I suppose. "Have you guys ever thought about what it'd be like to be... someone else?"
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"Not really?" Eryn.
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"Really?"
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"What’s the point?" Eryn.
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"I dunno. Trying to see what your life could be like if you weren't... you."
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"I could be anyone I wanted if I tried. I just chose to be me!" Eryn.
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"Huh. Must be nice."
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"You could choose too in a sense, even if we didn’t tell you." Gordon.
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"I'm not sure I can. If I'm not Hav Kerloe... Well, who else could I even be?" I look at the man passed out on the ground. I envy him being able to be someone besides Hav Kerloe. I'd kick him, if I had the nerve. I do, actually. I kick him like I'd kick a rock down a road.
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((Roll))
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(( this is not like a strong kick to cause damage but alrighty ))
3:14 PM
(( 20??? ))
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Josh Maoziwam gets kicked down the metaphorical road.
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I feel better about this. Wow, maybe hurting people can feel good if you want to do it.
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...if I were not Hav Kerloe, who would I be? I wouldn't be Marco Gould. I wouldn't be Dana Craig. I wouldn't be Chiaki Nanami. I suppose I could just be... unknown. Can you be a lack of yourself voluntarily? "Identity is hard."
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"Eventually you stop caring, I guess." Gordon.
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I don't think I can stop caring. It's the one thing I have besides these bandages. I don't want to be here anymore. Fuck. "Can you just... let me leave?"
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"No." Eryn.
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"Why not?"
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(( is session over or am i just waiting on something else ))
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((I forgot))
4:52 PM
"Because you're not allowed." Gordon. (edited)
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(( it's cool ))
4:52 PM
"Why not?"
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"Those are the boss's orders!" Eryn.
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"Well, the orders are dumb. We're just here waiting for him to do. Whatever the fuck, and just sitting here like idiots."
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"Just kidnap a few people." Gordon. "And also for Josh here to wake up, I guess? We're supposed to kill him if he's happy." Eryn.
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"How is kidnapping people ever going to make them happy? I can tell you from personal experience that this has never made me happy." I give Josh another small kick. What a cursed name Hav Kerloe is. He desired to keep it, I don't wish for it. Can't he keep it? "I don't think he's gonna be happy."
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Bob Smith is led into the truck. ((End session))
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I look at the new arrival. "Hey, do you think kidnapping people makes them happy?"
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"Not particularly." Gordon.
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"I was talking to the other guy who just got here." I forget that the question was originally posed to him.
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(( is bob here))
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(( @Bob Smith ?))
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(( so do i gotta wait for next week then ? ))
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((I guess?))
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(( man ))
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((Sorry idk where Alex is))
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((its ok its not ur fault)) (edited)
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((Sorry I forgot))
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(( @Bob Smith are you here this time))
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((Yes))
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I look at the new arrival. "Hey, do you think kidnapping people makes them happy?"
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"I don't know maybe"
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I'd raise an eyebrow if they were visible through the bandages. "Well. I can't exactly argue with that, I suppose. But, still, if you think that doesn't make them happy, Gordon, why do you keep doing it?"
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"He does what's necessary, obviously." The girl.
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"...I don't see it." I really can't see how someone can be happy to be kidnapped. I mean, I guess there's that guy. I turn to him and ask: "So, are you happy being here?"
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((Which guy? Bob?))
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(( yeah ))
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"No I want to leave but I can't?!"
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"Don't you remember? You're not real. That basically makes you our property!" Girl. "She doesn't really mean that. The point is we need you to come with us." Gordon.
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"What are you talking about? He seems pretty real to me." I tap him with my foot. "Even then, this really doesn't hold up with what you said about making people happy. If you kill them at their happiest, how is making them sadder going to help?"
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"If we can edit people's minds... Don't you think we could make them happy more easily?" Gordon.
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"Why not?" Girl.
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"Because that happened to me! And I haven't been happy for- for- I don't even KNOW how long!"
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"You're not a complete person, Hav. You ran away before you could become one. Nathan is the only one who got that." Gordon.
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"I'm not complete!? I'M NOT COMPLETE?!" At this point, why even bother not letting out my anger. "Who's fault do you think that even was that I ran away!? Is it MY fault that FB fucked with my head so badly and so thoroughly that I couldn't even remember that my head got fucked with!? Is it MY fault that I wanted to fucking leave a place that treated me like I was a goddamn lab rat!? Is it MY fault that I couldn't remember who I was for so goddamn long and now I'm not even sure if I am the person you keep telling me I am!?"
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"Ugh, you're so stupid..." Girl. "Eryn, leave it alone." Gordon.
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"I'm stupid!? YOU'RE stupid!"
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"That's exactly the sort of thing stupid people say..." Eryn. "You're arguing with a child, Eryn." Gordon.
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"You're so stupid! You aren't even paying attention to what I'm trying to say!" How do they not even see what I'm saying? Surely this guy understands. I turn to Bob and ask: "Hey, getting your mind brainwashed wouldn't make you happy, right?"
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"What he's asking, Nathan... Is if you've ever been happy in your life." Eryn.
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"Maybe it would nothing matters anymore at this point?! Happiness has long passed the point of being possible"
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"Oh, you're so weak." I say, annoyed. "Are you really going to just let the person you are go? Just throw it away like they threw me away? Why the fuck don't you just get up and make your own happiness, instead of letting others make it for you?"
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"My life has just been trapped after trapped! There is nothing more no matter what I do!"
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"That's life if you keep on fighting." Gordon.
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Yeah. I get it. I get it. "Would it really be any better if other people were running it for you instead?"
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"No but nothing matters anymore what difference does it make!"
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"I don't know! But at least, you'd be free to make your own bad decisions without other people making them for you!"
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"Ok you're right it's not worth it slightly!"
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"Bob, don't listen to him. He's even worse off than you." Gordon.
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Wow, that worked? "No, listen to me because I'm worse off than you! That means I can give good advice on this!"
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"You are the worst person to give advice on anything, Hav." Gordon.
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"You can't prove that."
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"That's not the sort of thing that needs to be proven, idiot." Eryn.
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"Yes, it does! You can't just say I give bad advice without actually showing any examples of me giving bad advice. It's lying if you do that."
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"I'll listen to Hav maybe it's not time to give up yet."
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Gordon sighs. Caroly, Ethfan, and Edward enter the truck.
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((Hi))
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"Oh, hey, it's you again." I say, as Carolyn comes in. "Hey, can you give us your opinion on this discussion we're having?"
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 3:19 PM
"I would be more than happy to. I hope I am able to assist you in coming to a resolution on whatever discourse I have stepped into."
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"What is it, Hav?" Ethfan shoved Edward into a seat.
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"Does kidnapping people really make them happy?"
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 3:23 PM
"That depends on the person, does it not? There is no universal solution to happiness. On average, I would say it certainly does not make one happy on its own, but it can assist in bringing one to a more comforting environment."
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"Ah yes, the nuances of kidnapping." Ethfan.
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"Yeah, but, everyone here keeps saying that kidnapping people helps them be happier. But I don't really think it does. I mean, this guy doesn't at least." I motion towards Bob. "I think. I don't really know him. I think."
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"Is Josh Maoziwam still not awake yet?" Ethfan looked at him.
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 3:28 PM
"Well, you have certainly lucked out in terms of kidnapping destinations. I grew up under the guidance of Edlightenment; it taught me lessons of where to truly find everlasting happiness in this cruel world. Now, you are being afforded that very same comfort."
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She said the word wrong. "And. What's that comfort again?"
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 3:32 PM
"A loving family and community to welcome you into the afterlife, of course. I'm sure you'll learn all about it from our teachings."
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"I- ok." There it is again. The talk of family. I have to get out of here. "Can I go use the bathroom?"
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"Sorry Hav, but that's not exactly an option. I don't trust you to not run away and you'd get noticed." Ethfan.
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Harriet Kadin 1/20/2024 3:37 PM
((no one gaf dana this aint abt you))
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"I don't see why me being noticed is a bad thing." I say, scratching the bandages under my head. "Also I really have to go. I don't want to shit myself in front of-" Just say it. Even if you don't mean it, you have to say it. "...of my family."
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 3:44 PM
"Avoiding a defecation incident is all the more reason to get get back on the road and reach our destination, is it not?" She turns to Ethfan "Would you prefer if I returned to the front with Lillian?"
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"No, I'll be replacing her on this journey. Just in case some revelations make you more... Unreasonable." He turned to ???. "...Sorry. But if you must blame anyone. Blame that man." Ethfan pointed at Josh. And then he woke up. ((Give me a bit))
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Oh. That guy's waking up. Great.
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Josh Maoziwam 1/20/2024 3:56 PM
Josh Maoziwam.
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"Speak of the devil, it seems." Ethfan.
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I'm not exactly sure what to make of this guy. But I sure as hell don't want to talk to him. I just keep quiet and staring.
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 4:07 PM
"Good morning... Josh? I hope you had a pleasant time resting after the stressful events from before we departed."
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Josh Maoziwam 1/20/2024 4:12 PM
"Ah, good morning, Carolyn...? Did...anything important happen?"
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 4:15 PM
"Nothing that should concern you. We merely had to pick up a couple of guests. I believe you are already acquainted with Bob Smith. And this is my father, Edward." She motions towards Edward.
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Edward stays silent and doesn't look at her. "Great. Everything's resolved, then. Shall we get going, Carolyn?" Ethfan avoids looking at Josh.
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Carolyn Blythe 1/20/2024 4:17 PM
"I do not see why not. I hope to see all of you again shortly." She exits the back of the truck with a wave.
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Ethfan follows and shuts the door. ((Channel split))
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"So... That's all, then?" Edward.
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"What do you mean?"
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"They just... Win?" Edward. "Not yet." Lillian enters the back of the truck. "My father is just getting started."
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Why are there so many goddamn people showing up and talking like I know everything? "I don't know what they're 'winning', or who you are, or who her dad is, or what any of this is, Eddie."
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"...Don't call me that." Edward. The truck starts to move again. ((You may all end the chapter whenever you want. Just like get any last thoughts you want out for this chapter))
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I brighten up a little bit. At last, I got some confirmation that people don't like to have names forced onto them. In the end, it's enough reassurance for me. Josh Maoziwam can keep being Hav Kerloe, if he wanted the name so badly. I don't know who I am, but, I am not Hav Kerloe. I'll die unknown before being Hav Kerloe again. ((ending chapter with this))
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Josh Maoziwam 1/20/2024 4:34 PM
Josh Maoziwam has no thoughts. He only wonders where Carolyn went. She was nice.
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((I'll just assume that's the end for everyone then))